We Bought A Zoo

I must say that I think We Bought A Zoo is the must see family movie of the year! Cameron Crowe wrote and directed an amazing story that has tons of heart and emotion. It will make you laugh, cry and then laugh again.

The movie is about Benjamin Mee, played by the lovely Matt Damon. Benjamin is an adventure writer for a newspaper but his wife just died. He is now trying to raise his two adorable kids, Rosie and Dylan in this confusing time. Dylan is your typical troubled teen, getting into trouble in school and learning how to push the buttons of every adult he can. Rosie is so adorable and cute. She is just trying to help out her dad in any way she can. Benjamin's brother Duncan, played by Thomas Haden Church, tries to help support his brother the best he can.

While looking for a new house, Benjamin comes across the perfect place but finds out it actually a house on a zoo. At first he says no way but then he see how in love and at peace Rosie is with all the animals. So he decides to buy a zoo!

The zoo staff is very doubtful in Benjamin can pull this off but they are all willing to fight for these animals and this place. The zoo staff is made up of Scarlett Johansson as Kelly, Angus McFadden as Peter, Elle Fanning as Lily and Patrick Fugin as Robin. The zoo staff become apart of the Mee Family unit. They work together because in the end they have the same goals in mind for each other and the zoo.

I loved this movie so much, it had so much heart and emotion. The animals were not seen as dumb creatures but apart of this family. They had personalities and they were treated like living things that deserve our respect. The film dealt with alot of really difficult topics from Death, to trouble teens, to a broken family. It is totally ok for the whole family to see. In fact I really encourage my dear readers to take their families to see it.

There is a great line in the movie that is Benjamin says to Dylan and it is beautiful.
"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."

Truer words were never spoken!

Over All- A+