Unrealistic and bland. He forks over every penny he has for this zoo and then they call him a fraud? Motives and reactions didn’t make any sense. It was never really clear why his son was so dark and twisted. That doesn’t come from your mom dying. The time they spend moping on and on about his dead wife are agonizing. His daughter was the one bright spot. This would have been a much better film if they simply bought a zoo and skipped all the dead mom crap. The sad truth of it all is that the zoo should have been shut down from the very start. Most of the animals are living in terrible conditions and being abused.
Here’s a much better plot. Single dad moves with his normal son and daughter to the country to buy a zoo and start over. Comedy ensues with the city folk running a zoo. Wife is a divorced crack addict. Romance blossoms with Scarlett J and Elle F. Drama happens when the mom cleans herself up and returns to claim the kids. Eventually mom realizes family is better off where they are at. Zoo marriage. Run credits. No need for downer-city with the dead wife and obnoxious son. No old photo montages to illicit tears.
Rating: D
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