Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.
This movie is based on the true story of Benjamin Mee's family who purchases a zoo and works to get it in working order and open to the public while working on their own family issues.
This movie is listed as comedy, drama, and family... but overall I would list it as drama... and sad... The movie starts out sad and though the characters move through their grief, at the end it's not a neatly tied bow, and they are still learning to live on after death. The strongest "happy" character is Rosie Mee, played by the adorable Maggie Elizabeth Jones. This character provides the hope and strength to her brother and father to keep going.
I highly recommend this movie. It is a family movie. It is a life movie.
Trivia: When Matt Damon's character climbs over the tree the real Benjamin Mee, Milo (Dylan in the movie) Mee and Ella (Rosie in the movie) Mee can be seen as the first family in line.~IMDB.com
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