Zookeeper Reviews
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
Watched this drunk, maybe it’s the nostalgia but I still found it worth a watch. -1 star for the Joe Rogan jumpscare
Yes I was very stoned when I watched it, but this movie is awesome. I think it’s hilarious.
What do you get when you combine a tired formula with a dumb premise?
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.
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.
PG is not the rating for this, it should've been AT LEAST a PG-13, or higher.
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.
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.
hilarious movie I really liked the animals.
I feel bad knowing my parents most definitely took me to see this movie. There is no way this could have ever been good.
Bad acting and not a great story. Fun for kids
Don't bother bringing the kids; the movie isn't intended to entertain them. It's a romantic comedy with the gimmick of talking zoo animals. So how is it on its own merits? The plot is utterly predictable: boy falls in love with girl, girl rebukes him, years later they reconnect, boy finds girl doesn't suit him and he finds someone else he had known all along who was more his type. The zoo animals, who knew how to talk to humans all along but kept a code of silence, break it to talk to Griffin to help his love life because they like him so much, though their advice fails to help him in that regard. Only the gorilla ultimately provides real help to Griffin by helping to intercept his intended girl before she can leave him forever. There is some (but fortunately not excessive) scatological humor, and others that rely on pratfall comedy. Overall: mildly entertaining for adults, but not really witty or exciting.
5 stars for being one my tween and I could make it through together. This is very important in a family film, because we don't usually sit through a full movie anymore, as most family movies are too baby for the kid, and yet most PG-13s (Chuck and Larry No No No) are just !!! and the kid will ??? and I have to, "Pure male fantasy" and the kid always "I know that already!". I'm glad my kid likes video games more, and my nostalgia for these things is sure to peter out, but in the meantime--it's a cute, family film with Cher in her true form as a lioness, and Joe Rogan pre-Triggering and all Fear Factored out on the dance floor (if that hasn't been meme'd out it needs to be, 'cause Joe is posing up a storm like a true queen!).
another terrible movie by Kevin James, silly and silly and half tacky script, characters without emotions and nothing funny, cast even asilable.
I remember my family forcing me to see this film cause my brother really wanted to go to it. This was legitimately the first movie where I felt I had to force a smile while watching it. My biggest issue, outside of the fact that it's not funny in the slightest, is that the voice acting for the animals was beyond horrific. They were times where it felt like they came into the studio drunk as many of the lines were mumbled and borderline incoherent. It's not even one of those "bad movie night" type of films, just one you should avoid at all costs
Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. Kevin James and Rosario Dawson give a good carry, though they have an excellent range of supporting characters and then Adam Sandler as the voice of most of the animals. While I would prefer him to lose his mind about the animals talking to him, we instead get a "Do Little" approach where Leslie Bibb and Rosario Dawson fight over a middle aged fat guy without big money. With a certain suspension of disbelief in place, you can really turn your brain off and enjoy this, and the zoo setting add some fun, if ridiculous situations.