It is a comedy-drama film that was released on December , 2011 and reached the box office at about 103 million. The movie was directed by Cameron Crowe . After the death of his wife, a widowed father decides that his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely place : a zoo.
Benjamin Mee (played by Matt Damon) and his two children , fourteen-year- old Dylan and seven- year- old Rosie have been having a hard time since a family member had passed. Benjamen's wife ( the children's mother) had died six months earlier. Since she passed Dylan has been acting out and has been expelled in addition to that there has been a lack of communication between him and his father.In order to receive a fresh start their father looks for new locations for them to live which he finds a suitable place that turns out to be a zoo. He purchases the large property which delights Rosie but causes Dylan to retreat to his artwork.
The zoo staff lead by the head zoo keeper, Kelly ( played by Scarlett Johansson ) help Benjamin with renovating the zoo and making it safe so that zoo can pass the inspection and open.
After all the spending Benjamin puts into the zoo , he soon sinks into deep financial trouble which turns the staff against him. Later on he is saved by his wife because she left him an investment account and his staff regains trust in him. Dylan has regained the trust in his father and they started to talk again. A week before the zoo's opening day a great storm rainstorm strikes (worst rainstorm in one hundred years and may last weeks) . There was a clear,sunny sky on the opening day of the zoo but later on they were disappointed because no one arrived. They later realized that a tree had fell during the storm and has blocked the road. They help the people to pass and the zoo tickets were all sold out.
Later on Benjamin takes his children were he met their mother and told them their story and the children feel that their mother is there.
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