An average movie

Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since I always had a weak spot for Cameron Crowe’s work and since there was a pretty cool cast, I still wanted to check it out. Well, first of all, I have to admit it, it was definitely a cute concept and the whole thing was definitely cute as well but, I’m afraid that was pretty much everything this movie had to offer. I mean, it was just terribly predictable : from the very start, you know Matt Damon will buy a zoo, you know it will seem as if they are heading towards disaster but you know also that, at the end, everything will be fine. Since you already know all this, how do you manage to still make an entertaining movie? Well, in my opinion, you should either provide some really intriguing characters and/or have them going through some really interesting/entertaining events through this adventure. Well, that was the main issue basically. I mean, the actors were not bad at all and managed to portray some really nice people but I really had a hard time to care about what they were going through and the plot was just a succession of obligatory scenes just to move on towards the predictable happy-ending. Eventually, Cameron Crowe took a break of 6 years after ‘Elizabethtown’ before making this and you wonder if this movie was actually an improvement. Still, it remains a decent watch, the actors were likable, it was definitely a cute movie and I guess it is worth a look but don’t expect anything really amazing.

6/10