Zookeeper

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Zookeeper

PG

Released Jul 8, 2011

1h 41m

Comedy

Fantasy

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Kindhearted Griffin Keyes 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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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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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

To produce something as emphatically unfunny as this, the script's five-man team must have whipped themselves into a state of mutual delusion.

Rated: .5/5

Sep 7, 2011

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

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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Blu B

Completely dumb idea, terribly unfunny surface level slapstick, "Fat man" humor, and toilet jokes. The voice acting for the animals is terrible and unfunny. I don't know if that was intentional or not but I can't tell. It's a Romcom mixed with a comedy and boy does it never work at all. I mean if your a fan of Adam Sandler type humor than this is right up your alley man but I mean jeez you can do way better than this even. The scenes are so dumb even though it makes sense overall but it's just so stupid and not in the good way. The soundtrack is a greatest hits of every song you hear in the supermarket from Boston to the Commodores and some 2010 Rap hits for the kids you know! And it doesn't fit at all all and is so bad. It's not even worth trying to criticize this. Skip it. You watch this you know what your getting.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/29/25

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Frans B

Would not say it's a movie for kids, but funny enough, cast and characters are good at what they do. Storyline is a bit foggy but still reasonable enjoyable, perhaps

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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sam m

Watched this drunk, maybe it’s the nostalgia but I still found it worth a watch. -1 star for the Joe Rogan jumpscare

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/11/24

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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

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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

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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

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Synopsis

Kindhearted Griffin Keyes 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: Happy Madison Productions, Hey Eddie, Broken Road
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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