oh my gracious loves,
i know i get on here all the time and recommend things or threaten death to those of you with no appreciation for
katy perry.
but if there is ever a piece of advice you take from this blog, please let it come from this post.
piece of advice at hand?
go. Go. GO see we bought a zoo.
like...right now.
before you live another second without this happy, heart warming, funny and incredibly sweet movie in your lives.
based on the memoir of the same title,
the film follows author benjamin mee's life as a newly single father of two.
finding coping mechanisms of his own, mee's oldest son, dylan, is expelled from his local school forcing his father to look at other options.
benjamin decides now is as good a time as ever to uproot the family and raise his kids outside the hustle & bustle of los angeles. he finds the perfect house on 18 acres of land, which also just so happens to be...a zoo.
hoping to give his kids the kind of real american adventure he was able to find being a world traveling reporter in his earlier days, mee buys the property {zoo included} and gives his family and in turn viewers a story that is incredibly hard to forget.
and not cry through :)
directed by jerry mcquire great cameron crowe, the supporting cast of the film is just as perfect as its two stars, matt damon and scarlett johansson.
{and that compliment is coming from a non-scar-jo fan}
mainly little rosie mee, played by the almost too cute to be real maggie elizabeth jones. i love that crowe seemingly realized what a crowd pleaser she had the potential to be and made her a main part of the story. rounding out the cast is colin ford as dylan mee, thomas hayden church as benjamin's overly concerned brother duncan and elle fanning as the quirky, but lovable lily.
from the STUNNING soundtrack to the shots of the animals roaming around the hills of california, i would say almost everything about this movie was blissfully perfect.
showcasing a story about a group of people brought together over quite unlikely circumstances, each of whom are individually in the midst of figuring out how to make life the great adventure people write novels about.
my favorite line of the movie comes when matt damon is talking to johansson about how much he truly misses his wife. he is trying to explain to her what being married to your best friend is like, and he says, "i just wish i could talk to her about how to get over her."
ummm...hello?!?! stay seated please if you have never felt that way before...ya, that's what i thought.
i guess the worst part really was that it had to eventually come to an end.
and what a sweet and sincere ending it came to.
i honestly don't think a single person in that theatre had a dry eye.
at one point mee teaches his workers and family that sometimes in life all you need is 20 seconds. 20 seconds of insane courage, and through that short time of doing things you never would have normally dreamed of doing...great things happen.
or in our case, great movies.
katy perry.
but if there is ever a piece of advice you take from this blog, please let it come from this post.
piece of advice at hand?
go. Go. GO see we bought a zoo.
like...right now.
before you live another second without this happy, heart warming, funny and incredibly sweet movie in your lives.
based on the memoir of the same title,
the film follows author benjamin mee's life as a newly single father of two.
finding coping mechanisms of his own, mee's oldest son, dylan, is expelled from his local school forcing his father to look at other options.
benjamin decides now is as good a time as ever to uproot the family and raise his kids outside the hustle & bustle of los angeles. he finds the perfect house on 18 acres of land, which also just so happens to be...a zoo.
hoping to give his kids the kind of real american adventure he was able to find being a world traveling reporter in his earlier days, mee buys the property {zoo included} and gives his family and in turn viewers a story that is incredibly hard to forget.
and not cry through :)
directed by jerry mcquire great cameron crowe, the supporting cast of the film is just as perfect as its two stars, matt damon and scarlett johansson.{and that compliment is coming from a non-scar-jo fan}
mainly little rosie mee, played by the almost too cute to be real maggie elizabeth jones. i love that crowe seemingly realized what a crowd pleaser she had the potential to be and made her a main part of the story. rounding out the cast is colin ford as dylan mee, thomas hayden church as benjamin's overly concerned brother duncan and elle fanning as the quirky, but lovable lily.
from the STUNNING soundtrack to the shots of the animals roaming around the hills of california, i would say almost everything about this movie was blissfully perfect.showcasing a story about a group of people brought together over quite unlikely circumstances, each of whom are individually in the midst of figuring out how to make life the great adventure people write novels about.
my favorite line of the movie comes when matt damon is talking to johansson about how much he truly misses his wife. he is trying to explain to her what being married to your best friend is like, and he says, "i just wish i could talk to her about how to get over her."
ummm...hello?!?! stay seated please if you have never felt that way before...ya, that's what i thought.
i guess the worst part really was that it had to eventually come to an end.
and what a sweet and sincere ending it came to.
i honestly don't think a single person in that theatre had a dry eye.
at one point mee teaches his workers and family that sometimes in life all you need is 20 seconds. 20 seconds of insane courage, and through that short time of doing things you never would have normally dreamed of doing...great things happen.or in our case, great movies.
I was intrigued, and now with this review, I'm going to try my best to see this. :)
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to see this movie ever since I had to turn down free tickets to a screening a couple of months ago.
ReplyDeleteI'm SO glad to know it's as good as it looks.