The catch? It’s actually a zoo, and the owner is required to maintain the facilities and care for the animals, a hitch that’s not really a hitch at all for Benjamin, who, despite the logical protests of his older brother, Duncan (Thomas Haden Church), throws caution to the wind solely because, upon first visiting the property, he spies Rosie happily feeding some peacocks and-with music swelling and the sun shining brightly from behind his head-he just can’t help himself. Clichés and contrivances and corniness, oh my! With We Bought a Zoo, writer-director Cameron Crowe dives headfirst into the schmaltzy slop barrel, delivering one aw-shucks incident after another via the true-life tale of Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon), who, in an attempt to cope with his wife’s untimely death, uproots himself and his two kids, troublemaking 14-year-old son Dylan (Colin Ford) and adorable seven-year-old daughter Rosie (Maggie Elizabeth Jones), to a big rural Southern California house.
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