We bought a zoo

Cameron Crowe cowrote and directed this quirky comedy-drama based on the true story of Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon), a discontent English widower who buys and renovates a struggling zoo. This adaptation moves the plot to the U.S., with Benjamin a distraught reporter who has a fractured relationship with his children after his wife’s passing. But Benjamin and his family finally come together as they struggle to restore the dilapidated zoo., Looking for a new start, a widowed father-of-two moves his kids out of the city to take on the project of renovating a derelict zoo., Benjamin is a distraught reporter who has a fractured relationship with his children after his wife’s passing. But Benjamin and his family finally come together as they struggle to restore the dilapidated zoo., When his teenage son gets into trouble, Benjamin Mee (Damon) gives up a lucrative newspaper job to move his family to the most unlikely of places: a zoo! With help from an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, Benjamin embarks on a fresh beginning to restore the dilapidated zoo to its former glory, while uniting his family. From the director of Jerry Maguire, We Bought a Zoo is a wonderful, warm and witty celebration of the human spirit., Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo., When his teenage son gets into trouble, Benjamin Mee gives up a lucrative newspaper job to move his family to the most unlikely of places: a zoo! With help from an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, Benjamin embarks on a fresh beginning to restore the dilapidated zoo to its former glory, while uniting his family. We bought a Zoo is a wonderful, warm and witty celebration of the human spirit., A widower (Matt Damon) purchases a zoo in order to bring his family back together in this Twentieth Century Fox adaptation of Benjamin Mee’s autobiographical memoir. Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous) writes and directs based on a script by Aline Brosh McKenna.