We Bought a Zoo

About We Bought a Zoo

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.

Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 comedy film. It runs 124 minutes and was released in November 2011.

Its themes are animals, countryside, based on memoir or autobiography, and zoo. The story is adapted from real events.

Matt Damon appears as Benjamin Mee, Scarlett Johansson as Kelly Foster, Thomas Haden Church as Duncan Mee, and Colin Ford as Dylan Mee. The screenplay is by Aline Brosh McKenna and Cameron Crowe. In the United States it streams on Disney Plus, fuboTV, and FXNow.

Priscilla, The Revenant, and 12 Years a Slave make useful companions to We Bought a Zoo, all filed under love. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 3,065 votes and it carries a PG rating.