We bought a Zoo (2011, Cameron Crowe)

Exit Jason Bourne! Meet Benjamin Mee, a writer, good dad, good husband and good at almost everything he does. Then something happened, something he was not prepared for: his wife died. Mee struggles to find a balance between his family life and his job. One day, he decided to quit and move to the countryside to have a new start. 

We bought a Zoo

The idea of the film is simple. Buying an 18 acre zoo seems to be a good investment but problems arise: 

-Mee did it on an impulse and had no idea how to run it

-He knows absolutely nothing on animals

-The tension between him and Dylan doesn’t make it easy

-He has few weeks to renovate before Walter Ferris comes for the inspection

Some helpful elements though

-Hard-working, competent and dedicated team working on the renovation of the zoo

-Scarlett Johansson's pretty eyes

-The money his wife left for him

All’s well ends well. Let's not say this is the american dream, this is a dream: wonderful countryside, beautiful animals, kind people and great story. Watching films like this reminds us that there are good things in this world: wow, this is HEART WARMING!!!

Memorable quotes

Benjamin: I’m the one who gets the emails about your lack of effort man, ok ? Either you know where the book is, or you don’t

Dylan: Dad, it’s whatever,look, I’ll know it when I get to school

Benjamin: You know what, whatever is THE laziest word of the 21th century, alright, I’ve had it with whatever  I don’t wanna hear it again, in this century ever again, whatever is over.

Benjamin: Hey Rosie, am I doing anything right?

Rosie: You’re handsomer than the other dads. Most of them don’t have hair, so that’s good