Zookeeper

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Zookeeper

PG,

2011,

1h 41m,

Kids & Family/

Comedy/

Fantasy

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12%

129 Reviews

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41%

25,000+ Ratings

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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.

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)

Sep 14, 2011

3/5

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

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Matt Singer

Time Out Chicago

Sep 14, 2011

1/5

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.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Sep 7, 2011

.5/5

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

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Dec 12, 2020

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

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 27, 2020

2.5/4.0

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

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Charlie Jane Anders

io9.com

May 19, 2018

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

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Harry S

Jul 29, 2018

Entertaining and cute.

Apr 6, 2018

I am surprised no one mentions how misogynistic this movie is. My (teen) kids and I just walked out about halfway through, it was so bad. To begin with, it was easy to identify with the main character, but after he starts being abusive to the woman he's after, we started cringing. This behavior was so familiar it was painful to watch and Not Funny At All, just a bit more over the top than usual. And then when the two guys start getting into a sort of pissing match, leaving the girl on the side, we just left. Who needs to watch this shitty behavior when you get it all the time anyway?? My kids were horrified, and I was a little grossed out. All I can say is it must have gone seriously uphill if people liked it. Also?? What idiot could possibly miss how hot, intelligent, and nice his coworker is? If he got the girl in the end, he definitely didn't deserve it, because he didn't have more than three brain cells to rub together.

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Theodore M

Dec 17, 2017

Puntaje Original: 4.0 Ridícula.

Albus S

May 3, 2017

A pretty funny movie I like how Kevin James plays in this movie and the animals talk to him and help him then I all so like how Bernie it's the car when they are singing, so this is a good Comedy!

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Harry W

Mar 22, 2017

Geez, this movie was bad. A terrible, overused premise, and awful acting. The animals are not funny with their stupid stereotypes.

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Hermione P

Mar 3, 2017

Kevin James manages to laugh at him a little bit, as well as the situation of humor and talking animals that are going to help James in the role of character in their lives by giving advice. Humor is still not discharged properly, but one scene kaahaileva car gorilla to bring a little smile mouths. Talking animals might initially seem quite mischievous, but in the end are not in line with expectations, the animals know only the votes cast Sylvester Stallone, Adam Sandler and Maya Rudolph. A few humorous glimpse of this case can be seen, but otherwise the assembly will remain subdued.

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Frank Coraci

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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: Kids & Family, 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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