Zookeeper

PG

Released Jul 8, 2011

1 hr. 41 min.

Comedy

Fantasy

List

14%

133 Reviews

Tomatometer

41%

25,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Kindhearted Griffin Keyes (Kevin James) is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but since he is more comfortable with the animals than with females of his own species, his love life is lacking. When Griffin decides that the only way to get a girlfriend is to find a more-glamorous career, the animals panic. To keep him from leaving, they reveal their secret ability to talk and offer to teach him the rules of courtship, animal style.

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Critics Consensus

Zookeeper smothers Kevin James's with a sodden script and a surfeit of jokes inappropriate for the young viewers who would be intrigued by its juvenile storyline.

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Michael W

This comedy was pretty good. Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Donnie Wahlberg, Nick Nolte, Sylvester Stallone, Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, Maya Rudolph, and the rest of the cast did a pretty good job in this movie. The story of the movie was entertaining and humorous. It's about discovering who you truly are and getting help from unexpected friends. If you haven't seen this movie yet, check it out sometime. It's worth watching. Don't listen to the bad reviews this movie has gotten. Those people have terrible tastes in movies.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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Rami A

PG is not the rating for this, it should've been AT LEAST a PG-13, or higher.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/04/23

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Sanad A

After reading some of the reviews for this movie, it is evident that most of the previous reviewers didn't understand the purpose of the movie. It is a FAMILY movie. You don't go to movies to criticize and write a review that is predisposed negatively against it. That's just silly. Anyone who goes into a movie with the attitude they are going to hate it and writes an extremely negative review is not being fair. The reason to go to movies is to be entertained. Zookeeper was a movie that entertained. The performances by all the cast members were well done. There were a lot of laughs and a lot of fun. My 7-year-old son was in the perfect demographic for this movie. It had interesting characters and situations. For an adult, a movie with talking animals might not be your cup of tea, but for a small child, it is awesome. Yes, a child thinks it's funny when someone smashes into something or someone. Yes, for an adult, the movie might seem predictable, but truthfully, what movie isn't somewhat predictable? A young child (for whom the movie was made for) isn't going to be scrutinizing every tiny thing in a movie just to say, "A-HA! SEE, I KNEW IT!". A child goes to the movies to be lost in imagination. My son laughed when there was a funny part. Whether it was funny because of the animals or the humans, I heard a lot of laughter. And yes, I laughed a lot too, and so did my wife. I believe that anyone who goes into this movie with the understanding that this is a movie targeted towards families with young children will be entertained. This movie hits the mark for the appropriate audience members it was made for.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/12/23

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james m

This is a decently funny family film that has not the best structure so should be watched with your brain shut off. Can see the ending coming from a mile away.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/29/23

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Rustyn W

hilarious movie I really liked the animals.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/27/23

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Alex V

I feel bad knowing my parents most definitely took me to see this movie. There is no way this could have ever been good.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/03/23

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Frank Coraci

Director

Kevin James

Griffin Keyes

Rosario Dawson

Kate

Leslie Bibb

Stephanie

Ken Jeong

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Rated: D

Dec 31, 2011

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

From the unstoppable Adam Sandler hit factory comes this pleasant, kid-friendly, ultra-formulaic shlub-does-good comedy.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 14, 2011

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Matt Singer

Time Out Chicago

Fans of the sight of James falling over will get a big kick out of Zookeeper, but this deranged comedy will leave everyone else scratching their heads.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 14, 2011

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Jason Best

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Kevin James's zoo man shovels up a steaming pile of ordure.

Dec 12, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Likely contains enough humor to be a decent outing for most families with smaller kids.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 27, 2020

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Charlie Jane Anders

io9.com

A hell paradigm - two brain-scrapingly terrible genres are mashed up into one ultimate torment of the soul.

May 19, 2018

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Synopsis

Kindhearted Griffin Keyes (Kevin James) is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but since he is more comfortable with the animals than with females of his own species, his love life is lacking. When Griffin decides that the only way to get a girlfriend is to find a more-glamorous career, the animals panic. To keep him from leaving, they reveal their secret ability to talk and offer to teach him the rules of courtship, animal style.

Director: Frank Coraci
Executive Producer: Barry Bernardi, Jeff Sussman, Charles Newirth, Jennifer Eatz
Screenwriter: Nick Bakay, Rock Reuben, Kevin James, Jay Scherick, David Ronn
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Broken Road, Happy Madison Productions, Hey Eddie
Rating: PG (Some Rude/Suggestive Humor|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 8, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $80.4M
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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