Trying to move on with his life when everything around him reminds him of his dead wife is too difficult, so Benjamin (Matt Damon) buys a broken down zoo in the country and moves his family out to fix it up.
It must just be so hard when the person you love and built a life with dies. And for Benjamin, it wasn’t just his grief he had to cope with, he also had two young children to care for. His son Dylan (Colin Ford) is having a hard time dealing with the loss of his mother and he is acting out at school, eventually getting expelled. Benjamin decides that they need a new start and the zoo, with the huge house next door, is the perfect place to do just that. The zoo is pretty run down though and there’s a lot of work and money that has to go into rebuilding the place but he is confident that it is the right thing and he completely goes for it. I love that he threw himself into it even though he didn’t know the first thing about running a zoo, I think that's the mark of a strong character.
I wasn’t expecting to like this film but it was actually really good. Sappy as anything but I found that kinda nice. And Scarlett Johansson is amazing, so.
“You know, sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage. Just literally 20 seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.”
7/10
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