Review of Zoo (2007) by J K — 09 Aug 2009

A horrible misfire of a film. An obvious attempt at a thought-provoking, meditative Errol Morris-like documentary, this film fails repeatedly. The main problem is that the film is filled with inane, impertinent, irrelevant and, worst of all, uninteresting information.

I had to call it quits shortly after the interview with a man who played Cop #1 in something (it's never explained). Cop #1 sits on a stool on an all-white soundstage and tells a story about how he had helped a softball opponent onto a stretcher that would take him to the same hospital where the main subject of this documentary had died.

My jaw dropped at this interview's complete and obvious irrelevance to anything. Combine this with a detailed description of the drinks these people sometimes served at their parties(?!?!) and you realize this film, as short as it is, did not have enough interesting information to relay.

There is however, some beautiful aerial footage, but this one aspect does not make up for one of the most uninspired, unintelligible and uninformative documentaries I've ever seen.