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The Zookeepers Wife Movie Review

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Review for the film " The Zookeeper's Wife"

Streaming On: Netflix , Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 2 Hours 08 Minutes

Certificate: A

Released: 21-04-2017

Genre: Historical, Drama, Biography, War

Similar To: Shirley, The Man With The Iron Heart, Tupperware Unsealed, White Boy Rick

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CAST & CREW

Michael McElhatton

Richard Owens

Jessica Chastain

Marc Butan

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Producer:

Jeff Abberley

Jamie Patricof

Diane Miller Levin

Kim Zubick

Music Director:

Harry Gregson-Williams

Editor:

David Coulson

Director:

Niki Caro

Supporting Actress:

Jessica Chastain

Costume Designer:

Bina Daigeler

Art Director:

Dan Taylor

Magdalena Zemanova

Jan Kalous

First Assistant Director:

Phil Booth

Michaela Strnadova

Second Assistant Director:

Daniela Paulova

Co-Producer:

Katie McNeill

Director of Photography:

Andrij Parekh

Executive Producer:

Jessica Chastain

Marc Butan

Joanne Sennitt

Mickey Liddell

Jennifer Monroe

Michael Tollin

Kevan Van Thompson

Robbie Tollin

Julia Blackman

Pete Shilaimon

Second Unit Director:

Robert Grasmere

Visual Effects Producer:

Raoul Bolognini

Casting Director:

Maya Kvetny

Elaine Grainger

Novelist:

Diane Ackerman

Still Photographer:

Anne Marie Fox

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Terry Porter

Anna Behlmer

Assistant Editor:

Daniela Ovi

Assistant Costume Designer:

Daniela Backes

Visual Effects Supervisor:

Robert Grasmere

Screenplay Writer:

Angela Workman

Script Supervisor:

Vera Homolacova

Music Editor:

Sherry Whitfield

Foley Artist:

Richard Owens

Tara Blume

Production Designer:

Suzie Davies

Set Decorator:

Charlotte Watts

Casting Associate:

Emma Gunnery

Makeup Artist:

Denise Kum

Lesley Smith

Hair Stylist:

Kathryn Fa

Post Production Supervisor:

Liz Richards

Special Effects Technician:

David Myslík

Stunt Coordinator:

Antje Rau

Stunt Performer:

Jan Bohme

Special Thanks:

Sandra Lucchesi

Visual Effects Coordinator:

Tomas Vondrasek

Digital Compositor:

Georgi Nikolov

Martin Cicmanec

Armen Mailyan

Naoki Oyagi

Visual Effects Artist:

Ondrej Hudecek

Boom Operator:

Roman Rigo

Robert Gumala

Assistant Art Director:

Jane Brodie

First Assistant Editor:

Jonny Winograd

Production Coordinator:

Marketa Duchkova

Costume Supervisor:

Sabine Waszmer

Supporting Actor:

Michael McElhatton

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Barbara Harris

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The movie is adapted from a book of Diane Hackerman. Now lets see whether this cinematic version impresses us.

Plot

The Zookeeper’s Wife is set in the backdrop of the World War II World War II is a Malayalam information TV show on >> Read More... . Jessica Chastain Jessica Chastain aka Jessica Michelle Chastain is >> Read More... leads a distinguished life by giving utmost love to the animals at the zoo and treating them like her children. She manages this zoo along with her husband Johan Heldenbergh. There is a seamless harmony between the animals and human beings in this film. Then, as a turn of events, there is the explosion German bomb. What does the couple do? How do they save the animals and other human beings? Watch the movie to know how it proceeds.

Star Performances

Chastain has given a brilliant performance and her rapport with the animals is enduring. Daniel Bruhl Daniel Cesar Martin Bruhl Gonzalez is an actor bes >> Read More... gives a powerful performance as the German zoologist. The rest of the cast ably support.

Analysis

The director of the film Niki Caro (who had earlier directed Whale Rider), has seen to it the flick doesn’t have similarities to flicks of such genre. Being a real story, the narrative gains more weight. By the way in which he has showcased a family that is facing a problem and finding it difficult to unite, he has done a good job.

What’s there?

• The movie is interspersed with humanity all over it.

• After watching the movie you would be curious to visit the zoo (which is actually there), which also acts as a museum now.

• There is not a tinge of melodrama in the flick.

The emotions are intact.

What’s not there?

Certain scenes in the Zookeeper’s Wife film are predictable.

Verdict

If you want to get into an intense emotional trip then you can watch this movie.