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We Bought a Zoo Reviews
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- Genre : Drama
- Release Date : December 23, 2011
- MPAA Rating : PG
- Duration : 124 minute(s)
- Production Budget : -
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- Official Site : http://www.weboughtazoomovie.com/
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unsuccessful mix of heavy emotions and whimsical lightness that strives to be both a film about family and a family film
by Mark Olsen [Boxoffice Magazine ]
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unevenly paced, its poignancy and joyfulness exercise a stealth impact
by David Rooney [Hollywood Reporter ] -
there are a couple of moments where the sentiment turns into sap and could have been trimmed
by Scott Nash [Three Movie Buffs ]
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the ups and downs of survival while hanging on by their fingernails are too linear for spontaneity and the happy ending is nothing short of contrived
Review rate : C by Rex Reed [New York Observer ] -
the unfocused movie finds whimsical solutions to the incredible challenges the Mee family faces
by Radheyan Simonpillai [NOW Toronto ]
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the movie's emotional moments don't register very strongly
Review rate : C+ by Eric D. Snider [Film.com ] -
the movie wins in its ability create a glow of giddy movie pleasure that audiences crave
Review rate : B by Cole Smithey [ColeSmithey.com ] -
the movie is like Doctor Dolittle remade as a therapeutic sudser
Review rate : B by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ] -
shallow, empty and running on exhausted cliches
by Devin Faraci [Badass Digest ] -
schmaltzy to the point of being unwatchable
by Edward Douglas [ComingSoon.net ] -
rarely has letting go been so beautifully rendered on screen
by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat [Spirituality and Practice ] -
other performances don't rise above the hodgepodge of clashing themesof two who decides his family needs a fresh start and uses all his savings to buy and fix a house with a ramshackle zoo
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ] -
on the surface, it all sounds so terribly mawkish
by Robert Wilonsky [Village Voice ] -
lovely, delicate, and absolutely worth seeing with your family this holiday season
Review rate : B+ by Drew McWeeny [HitFix ] -
cliches and contrivances and corniness
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]
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as well as comedy of any variety
by Rob Nelson [Variety ] -
and then there's the animal stuff, which is by turns amusing, alarming and almost always the stuff of parable, but isn't terribly oversold
Review rate : C+ by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies ]
