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Zookeeper

PG Released Jul 8, 2011 1h 41m Comedy Fantasy List
14% Tomatometer 133 Reviews 41% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
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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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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Roger Moore Tribune News Service Give Kevin James this much credit -- the dude leaves it all on the field, even when the movie's bad. Rated: 2/4 Jan 15, 2013 Full Review Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: D Dec 31, 2011 Full Review 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 Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk Kevin James's zoo man shovels up a steaming pile of ordure. Dec 12, 2020 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ashley S Yes I was very stoned when I watched it, but this movie is awesome. I think it’s hilarious. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review stephen b What do you get when you combine a tired formula with a dumb premise? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review alan g Kevin James may have worked on the small screen but he is consistently overwhelmed on.the big one. He can't act and shouldn't be allowed to make movies. A poor man's Doctor Doolittle. Avoid. Actually avoid all his movies. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/28/24 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Todd Garner, Kevin James, Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Walt Becker
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
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
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