WE BOUGHT A ZOO DVD REVIEW...

FROM DIRECTOR CAMERON CROWE COMES THE UPLIFTING TALE BASED ON A TRUE STORY ‘WE BOUGHT A ZOO’

Featuring Family Friendly Audio Track The Whole Family Will Go Wild for this Heartwarming Adventure Starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson On Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download April 3

This Easter, be unpredictable, do something crazy and embrace your wild side! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents an inspiring adventure based on a true story of one man who brought a zoo back to life and family back together in WE BOUGHT A ZOO, arriving on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download April 3. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire) and starring Matt Damon (Contagion, True Grit), Scarlett Johansson (Iron Man 2, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) and Thomas Haden Church (Easy A, Sideways), WE BOUGHT A ZOO is “a sweet-natured tale…that you’ll want to see with your kids” (Liz Braun, Jam! Movies).

Benjamin Mee (Damon) is a Los Angeles newspaper columnist and adventure writer who, as a single father, faces the challenges of raising his two young children.  Hoping that a fresh start and a new life will restore their family spirit, Mee quits his job and buys an old rural house outside the city with a unique bonus feature: a zoo named the Rosemoor Animal Park, where dozens of animals reside under the care of head zookeeper Kelly Foster (Johansson) and her dedicated team.  With no experience, limited time and a shoestring budget, Mee sets out with the support of his family and the local community to reopen the zoo.  Now, Benjamin is no longer reporting an adventure story; he’s living it in his own backyard.

Featuring an incredible musical score composed by Jónsi of the band Sigur Rós, the WE BOUGHT A ZOO Blu-ray is loaded with over 2½ hours of special features including 20 deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel, four behind-the-scenes featurettes, commentary with Director Cameron Crowe, star J.B. Smoove (The Sitter, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”) and Editor Mark Livolsi, and more. The film also features an English Family Friendly Audio Track that earned the Dove Seal of Approval.

WE BOUGHT A ZOO DVD:
Street Date:                       April 3, 2012
U.S. Rating:                       PG
Total Run Time:               124 minutes

Our Review...

We bought a Zoo is a good movie and it's based on a true story which makes it even better. There are lots of laughs and some sad times but it's neat to see the relationship between Benjamin (Matt Damon) and his son Dylan (Collin Ford) grow from them yelling at each other all the time to a loving father, son relationship. I think the little girl Rosie stole the show. She was so cute and made you smile and feel good inside. I loved when she looked after the peacocks and then they had babies and she named all of them. It was fun watching the eggs hatch. I liked when Benjamin asked Rosie if he is doing anything right and she said "Well you're more hansom than the other dads, lots of them don't have hair so that's good." When Buster the bear escapes they are all trying to find him and have tranquilizer guns in case they see him. Then Benjamin finds him and walks up to Buster and he hits the gun out of Benjamins hand and it looked like Buster was going to eat Benjamin when one of the other zoo keepers shot him and he fell asleep. This movie has a lot of heart to it. You really fall in love with these animals and the characters in the film. It's a great family movie!

The DVD special features called It's a Zoo, shows you all the animal trainers and what goes into making a movie with animals. It was cool to see all these different animals with their trainers and how they get them to perform for the camera. I loved the part with the little monkey. He is so cute and could do a lot of tricks.

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