This movie could have been great provided that it is based on a true story. But unfortunately it isn't. The movie is so predictable from begging to end that I could tell what was about to happen next. Overall its a good movie to watch with family. Just enjoy it, don't expect anything special.

And maybe a tiger. Aaaaaand that's the show. I may be biased on this one. Fine, I think Damon has a cameo AND somebody may have said something that was funny. This is a good movie, Damon is pretty reliable. I think this falls under RomCom, it certainly has both. It should make you laugh and, if you're the type, it should leave you feeling all warm and squishy inside. It also has ScarJo and a tiger so I can watch this every 5 years or so.

Matt Damon is beyond a doubt one of my favorite actors. I loved him in "Good Will Hunting", as Jason Bourne, and pretty much any other movie I have watched of him. I find it hard to believe that he needed to make this movie for anything else but to keep busy. Maybe Hollywood is tougher and tougher for good actors to find movies in which to act. The movie is boring, and doesn't seem to get anywhere. The only one who got somewhere was me when I decided to get out of it and watch youtube instead. I did not even finish it. I must give a mark. I would give it a N/A, but I can't. Since Matt is still Matt for me, I'll give it a 5. Had it been another actor this would get a charity 1 or 2.

We Bought a Zoo (2011): Dir: Cameron Crowe / Cast: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Hayden Church, Colin Ford, Elle Fanning: A lacklustre drama about responsibility. Matt Damon plays Benjamin Mee, a widow whose son is rebellious and just expelled from school. Seeking to start over and shacks up his son and daughter in a new house but the catch, they learn, is that it is a zoo. Great concept with lots of thrilling wildlife including lions, tigers, bears, zebras, peacocks, etc. Unfortunately the film grows formula and too corny for its own good. It needed taken out with a tranquilizer dart right about the time the dimwitted romantic subplot surfaced with Scarlett Johansson making claims that no woman would ever make. Cameron Crowe struck gold before with Almost Famous and the underrated Elizabethtown, but here the wildlife can only distract lame writing and corny situations. Damon holds strong as he struggles to raise his children as well as take on this new task and have the zoo opened at a particular date. Johansson as the head zoo keeper is more or less there to shovel sh*t and shovel more of it at viewers when idiotic romantic elements creep in. Thomas Hayden Church plays Damon's brother in a cardboard role. Colin Ford has the thankless task of playing the whiny son who complains constantly and irritates everyone on screen and off. Elle Fanning makes a cameo appearance that is also second fiddle to the scene stealing wildlife. Great theme regarding responsibility and preserving wildlife but the only thing viewers bought is a headache. Score: 5 ½ / 10