Quickie Review: After the death of his wife, Benjamin Mee ( Matt Damon ), a journalist, quits his job and relocates his little family out of town and onto an 18-acre farm property that includes a recently-closed zoo. A small zoo staff, run by Kelly Foster ( Scarlett Johansson ), cares for the menagerie. Knowing full well that if the zoo is not opened many of its animals will be euthanized, Ben puts in his time and money into renovating the zoo and opening it to the public once again.
The audience liked this movie, especially the little brats. But it didn't get a "Hands Clapper" ending.
I liked this movie, too. It's a good Family Movie, if you don't mind the foul language.
Here are the things that I found wrong about this movie. Although this movie is based on a true story about the Mee family in England, the setting ( as well as the zoo's name ) was changed. Why, is it because the main characters in this movie couldn't learn the British accent well enough before production began? Well, if that was the problem, couldn't they just have hired British actors, instead? I mean, come on .... And the real zoo, Dartmoor Wildlife Park, was only closed for about 15 months, not years. All that time spent on renovation and bringing the whole place up to code and nobody bothered to repaint the signs at each enclosure. Whoever installed the doorknobs on the Big Cat enclosures sure didn't have the foresight or common sense to have repair work accessible only on the outside! Duh ....
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I read an article years ago that says all Big Cats kept in captivity die of Kidney Failure. Imagine that. These felines are carnivores, and have been so for tens of millions of years. Yet, they die of Kidney Failure.
As an aside, native Eskimos mostly subsist on a High-Fat, High Protein diet and they, too, succumb early to Kidney Failure before they can live long enough to get their Arteries clogged with Cholesterol!
Well, so much for the High-Fat, High Protein Diet!
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