Three sentence movie reviews: We Bought a Zoo
Cameron Crowe has made more than a few films in my personal pantheon (including my tied-for-favorite-film-ever-made Almost Famous*). So I guess he gets to slack and make a pleasant film with no surprises and a nice plot. I was entertained, but not in love.
Cost: Free from library
Where watched: at home.
poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2011/we_bought_a_zoo.html
*Tied with Singing in the Rain
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Gosh, this is one of those movies that everyone raved about but to me it doesn't even look remotely interesting. However, I'm not big on Cameron Crowe. He's directed a couple movies I like ("Say Anything" and "Singles"), at least one I loathe ("Jerry Maguire") and several I'm "meh" on, including "Almost Famous." (sorry)
OMG, though, "Singing in the Rain" is one of my all-time favorite movies too!!!
What is interesting about this movie is that it is very loosely based upon a book that is an actual memoir. A man in England and his family actually bought a failing zoo in order to save the animals. I remember hearing the author interviewed on NPR and the story sounded quite compelling!