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Review of by Hfahmy — 05 Apr 2012

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A movie about a widower (Matt Damon) who wants to rehabilitate himself by going far and starting anew, he bought a closed zoo with the intention of taking it afloat. Between the quarrels of the father with his adolescent son (Colin Ford) and approaches from one of the zoo employees (Scarlett JohanSson) the movie is divided into two parts.

The first one is quite slow and boring without too much events, the second part tries to catch up what was left over, an old tiger dies, the son gets involved with a local teenage, the child daughter (Maggie Elizabeth Johns) adds laughters without being that convincing, and finally the zoo opens and welcomes the small town habitants, some melodrama and tears.

Entertaining without been attracting, no much events, spectators may fall asleep without losing much.

This review of We Bought a Zoo (2011) was written by on 05 Apr 2012.

We Bought a Zoo has generally received positive reviews.

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