We Bought a Zoo

Dylan is standing at Lily's window in the rain.

In the first shot, his wet hair is plastered against his forehead.

They cut to Lily and back to Dylan, and his forehead is now clear.

When they cut back to him the third time, his wet hair is once again plastered against his forehead.

When Rosie is making her sandwiches she puts them into plastic sandwich bags.

In the next shot she is marking an empty sandwich bag with a pen and both sandwiches are still on the worktop.

The zoo opens on July 7, 2010 but when we see Benjamin Mee holding papers in the car when they go house hunting, in all the papers of the house listings, the date is Jan 3,2011.

Benjamin makes a joking reference to the 'Chilean Miners' when Rosie is hidden under stuffed animals.

The mine collapse happened on August 5, 2010, well after this scene takes place.

When Kelly asks Benjamin why he bought the farm, her hair is moving because of the wind in some shots but not in others.

The weight of the bear is stated once as 650#, then later as 750#; Lily's age is stated by aunt as 13, then by other characters as 14.

Kelly tells Rosie that tigers don't roar, they chuff.

In actuality, tigers can roar; chuffing is their alternative to purring.

After Benjamin jumps out of the porcupine enclosure, two extras can be seen standing waiting for their cue to walk forward through the background, which they start to do after a couple of seconds.

Walter Ferris worked for the U.

Department of Agriculture, but his government vehicle's license plates were State of California Exempt plates.

His vehicle should have had U.

government license plates rather than a state government's license plates.

The movie continuously refers to the zoo's upcoming opening day as Saturday, July 7, 2010.

July 7, 2010 was actually a Wednesday.

The real Dartmoor Zoo that the story was based on reopened on Saturday, July 7, 2007, and this date was moved up exactly 3 years to make it more current.

When the bear is in town the car sitting at the stop sign in the background is completely empty.

When the family is driving through town, on their way to their new house, right after they pass by Little Dom's, you can see movie trucks down a side street.

When Rosie is watching the peacocks hatch, it is actually chickens that are hatching, not peacocks.

We Bought a Zoo (2011): Dir: Cameron Crowe / Cast: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Hayden Church, Colin Ford, Elle Fanning: A lacklustre drama about responsibility. Matt Damon plays Benjamin Mee, a widow whose son is rebellious and just expelled from school.

It started out fine, but after the first few minutes it started going downhill. It was filled with unrealistic scenarios, I couldn't relate to the characters whatsoever, the acting was second rate, and there was a painful lack of reasoning behind the character's decisions (Your wife dying doesn't mean that you should buy a zoo.

Got it as a suggestion on Google Play, so thought of trying it, as the storyline was good and interesting, but screenplay of the movie was not that great and easily predictable. Acting & expressions of Matt Damon and his daughter (in the movie) was very good, but acting of Scarlett Johansson was not that great!

Scarlett is hot, movies she is in are always interesting. This one you can watch with your loved ones.

I normally don't really watch these type of happy ending family movies but occasionally I endure one. This movie was not enduring but enjoying.

I love this movie! It gets all the boxes checked for funny, sad, romantic and passion.

It was just too cheesy… The characters were nice, the acting was good, and the story was wholesome… but oh man, the cheese: Out of goodwill, i can forgive a 13 year old girl not getting freaked out over a boy telling her he loves her, when all she's done is make him a few sandwiches… Out of goodwill, i can forgive the notion that a lion will not eat you, if only you can quip at it. … but i can't forgive the director bringing back a dead wife, and having everybody talk to her like it's heartwarming… That's overdosing on the manipulation, Mr Crowe, even for you!

I loved this movie, but the PG rating is misleading. It says sh-t and d-ck and b-tch.

I am several years late to the party here. There is something about this film that brings me happiness.