MIT Lecture Series Committee

Rated PG
124 minutes

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format: 35mm

We Bought A Zoo (2011)

Acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) directs an amazing and true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory. Starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson. [www.rottentomatoes.com]

We Bought a Zoo, based on a true story, is an outstanding show that could, and should, bring in herds of viewers. It centers on a man who really did buy a zoo with 200 animals, on his children and on the staff that became their second family.
      -- Linda Cook, KWQC-TV. Read this review.