The Zookeeper's Wife Reviews



  • The Zookeeper's Wife
    • Genre : Drama
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : PG-13
    • Duration : 124 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : -
    • Studio : Focus Features
    • Official Site : http://www.focusfeatures.com/thezookeeperswife
    • Reviews Rate
      Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.

    • Readers Rate
      5 of 5

Movie Reviews

  • this powerful story of a woman who hid Jewish refugees in her husband's zoo curiously leaves us caring more about the animals than its human souls
    by Peter Debruge [Variety ]
  • they may go for shock rather than tears, but they're still pulling our strings; exploitation of a historical tragedy, and of the viewer's revulsion, can take various forms
    by Jon Frosch [Hollywood Reporter ]
  • the trappings of handsome blandness, tinny storytelling and thumbnail-sketch war terror prove too much for this story of a beauty fighting beastliness
    by Robert Abele [The Wrap ]
  • the movie is nicely shot and sympathetically acted, but there's an odd lack of stakes and urgency, considering their mission... and scarcely a moment or character that strays from the familiar
    Review rate : B- by Leah Greenblatt [Entertainment Weekly ]
  • she [Niki Caro] does a fine job keeping things moving, even though the movie tends to get bogged down, and it isn't helped by the erratic pacing. The Zookeeper's Wife just doesn't offer enough to keep the viewer invested
    3 of 5 by Edward Douglas [Den of Geek ]
  • may feel like an unlikely cross between "We Bought a Zoo" and "Schindler's List," but it vibes on a wavelength all its own
    Review rate : B- by David Ehrlich [Indiewire ]
  • all told The Zookeeper's Wife is a story worth telling, even if there are a good number of not-so-hot spots along the way
    3 of 5 by Jordan Hoffman [The Guardian ]

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