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We Bought a Zoo

2011

Directed by Cameron Crowe

A true zoo story.

Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

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Matt Damon Scarlett Johansson Thomas Haden Church Colin Ford Maggie Elizabeth Jones Angus Macfadyen Elle Fanning Patrick Fugit John Michael Higgins Carla Gallo JB Smoove Stephanie Szostak Michael Panes Kym Whitley Todd Stanton Lauren Sánchez Peter Riegert Roberto Montesinos Desi Lydic Erick Chavarria Sam Fox Dustin Ybarra Ben Seeder Alice Marie Crowe Michelle Panek Gary D. Robertson Nicole Russell Reid Peters Taylor Victoria Show All…

Alternative Titles

Un zoológico en casa, 我們買了動物園, Nous avons acheté un zoo, 우리는 동물원을 샀다, Comprámos um Zoo!, En Ny Start, Un Zoologico en Casa, Un lugar para soñar, ما باغ وحش خریدیم, La mia vita è uno zoo, En ny start, Nouveau départ, Düşler Bahçesi, Мы купили зоопарк, Koupili jsme zoo, Wir kaufen einen Zoo, 我家买了动物园, Az igazi kaland, מקום לחלום עליו, Kupiliśmy zoo, 幸せへのキセキ, Ο Ζωολογικός μας Κήπος, Avem un Zoo!, Compramos um Zoológico, Ми купили зоопарк, Купихме си зоопарк, Mēs nopirkām Zvērudārzu, Kúpili sme ZOO, Koti Eläintarhassa, Mes nusipirkome zoologijos sodą, ჩვენ ვიყიდეთ ზოოპარკი, สวนสัตว์อัศจรรย์ ของขวัญให้ลูก, 翻身動物園, Mở Lại Sở Thú, ما باغ‌وحش خریدیم

Genres

Drama Family Comedy

Themes

Moving relationship stories Touching and sentimental family stories Emotional and touching family dramas Adorable animals and heartwarming families Heartbreaking and moving family drama Quirky and endearing relationships Show All…

Theatrical

08 Dec 2011

AustraliaPG

22 Dec 2011

Hong Kong

23 Dec 2011

BrazilL
Canada
Taiwan普遍級
Turkey
USAPG

18 Jan 2012

South KoreaALL

26 Jan 2012

Belarus
Kazakhstan
Russia12+

03 Feb 2012

Lithuania

23 Feb 2012

Ukraine

09 Mar 2012

Sweden

16 Mar 2012

IrelandPG
Poland12
UKPG

29 Mar 2012

PortugalM/6

12 Apr 2012

CzechiaU

18 Apr 2012

France

19 Apr 2012

Netherlands9

26 Apr 2012

GreeceΚ

03 May 2012

Germany0

08 Jun 2012

Italy

16 Oct 2012

Denmark7

Digital

27 Jan 2012

Romania12

22 Mar 2012

Hungary12

08 Jun 2012

JapanPG12

Australia

08 Dec 2011

TheatricalPG

Belarus

26 Jan 2012

Theatrical

Brazil

23 Dec 2011

TheatricalL

Canada

23 Dec 2011

Theatrical

Czechia

12 Apr 2012

TheatricalU

Denmark

16 Oct 2012

Theatrical7

France

18 Apr 2012

Theatrical

Germany

03 May 2012

Theatrical0

Greece

26 Apr 2012

TheatricalΚ

Hong Kong

22 Dec 2011

Theatrical

Hungary

22 Mar 2012

Digital12

Ireland

16 Mar 2012

TheatricalPG

Italy

08 Jun 2012

Theatrical

Japan

08 Jun 2012

DigitalPG12

Kazakhstan

26 Jan 2012

Theatrical

Lithuania

03 Feb 2012

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Netherlands

19 Apr 2012

Theatrical9

Poland

16 Mar 2012

Theatrical12

Portugal

29 Mar 2012

TheatricalM/6

Romania

27 Jan 2012

Digital12

Russia

26 Jan 2012

Theatrical12+

South Korea

18 Jan 2012

TheatricalALL

Sweden

09 Mar 2012

Theatrical

Taiwan

23 Dec 2011

Theatrical普遍級

Turkey

23 Dec 2011

Theatrical

UK

16 Mar 2012

TheatricalPG

USA

23 Dec 2011

TheatricalPG

Ukraine

23 Feb 2012

Theatrical

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Review by James (Schaffrillas) ★★½

My 900th log! I knew I had to do something special for it, which is why I watched peak cinema
Extremely predictable and basic, but also kind of impossible to hate? Like, gosh darn it, Matt Damon is so earnest about buying that fucking zoo that you gotta respect him for it. Glad I was able to find enjoyment in something this schmaltzy considering how the Ted Lasso finale made me want to gouge my eyes out
Review by sydney ★★★½ 6

in one scene matt damon is telling his small daughter to reach out and grab her dead mother's spirit to put it in her heart, two minutes later his emo son gets really angry and screams "WHATEVER DAD!!!" and dropkicks a snake across the front yard and runs away
Review by Roberta ★★½ 11

they bought a zoo
Review by George Clark ★★★★★ 37

There's a fundamental reason why I love this film. It's not because its some unrecognised masterpiece that deserves every award it can get, it really doesn't, but it's because of how personally connected I feel to ever single second of it. I've ran from calling this my favourite film for a long time. I've called it my favourite "comfort" film before and I've called it my favourite "childhood" film. But it's not. It's more than that to me and having watched this film twice already this year, I feel like its time to truly accept that this is my favourite film. There's no film that I sit back and smile at whenever I think about watching it, there's no film…
Review by adambolt ★★★

did that dude just PUNT a snake
Review by minick ★★★ 5

matt damon has HUGE youth pastor energy
Review by Lindsey 5

Sounds like a Youtube clickbait video title
Review by chloe 💓 ★★★★★ 3

they really did buy that zoo 😭😭😭
Review by George Clark ★★★★★ 21

Yep, I still love it. Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if this film wasn’t made, then I realise my mental state would be a hell of a lot worse. So yeah, thanks for the comfort We Bought a Zoo!
"You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.” I also have this quote hanging on my wall...which is honestly quite sad.
Review by Jordan Horowitz ★★★★

A big warm hug of a movie. And who doesn’t want that.
Review by George Clark ★★★★★ 25

Matt Damon bought a zoo with his two kids, reminisced to Why Not? and fell in love with Scarlett Johansson. I see that as an absolute win!
Still my favourite film of all time.
Review by bre ★★★★

despite the fact that they bought a literal zoo the most unrealistic part was when he acted like driving 9 miles was the end of the world

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