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Zookeeper Movie Review

Name: Zookeeper Movie Review
Item: Zookeeper
Rating: 2.5
Author: Pradip Bhat

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Review for the film " Zookeeper"

Runtime: 1 Hour 42 Minutes

Certificate: UA

Released: 08-07-2011

Genre: Comedy, Family

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CAST & CREW

Lupita Nyong O

Rosario Dawson

Jack Giarraputo

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Producer:

Adam Sandler

Walt Becker

Todd Garner

Kevin James

Jack Giarraputo

Cinematographer:

Michael Barrett

Editor:

Scott Hill

Composer:

Rupert Gregson-Williams

Director:

Frank Coraci

Screenplay:

David Ronn

Jay Scherick

Rock Reuben

Nick Bakay

Others:

Lupita Nyong O

Rosario Dawson

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Zookeeper is a comedy about how the zookeeper Griffin Keyes ( Kevin James Kevin James (also known as Kevin George Knipfing) >> Read More... ) is more comfortable with the animals than with other human beings and how the zoo animals help him solve this problem by training him in their separate ways.

Plot: This movie is about the life of Griffin Keyes (a zookeeper), who loves all his zoo animals & is very comfortable with them. Naively expecting the story to be related to zoo keeping is not advised as this turns out to be a romantic comedy which is severely lacking in its comedy quotient. When Griffin is about to leave the Zoo, all the animals gather up to stop him from doing so and tell him their biggest secret i.e. They can talk, and they have various accents. Among the actors lending their voice to this movie are Adam Sandler Humour is the thing that emphasizes the character >> Read More... (Donald, the Monkey), Nick Nolte Nick Nolte is an actor and an old time model. Nich >> Read More... (Bernie, the Gorilla), Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone is a famous American artist, sc >> Read More... (Joe, the Lion) and Cher (Janet, the Lioness).

All these animals help Griffin to impress his love Stephanie ( Leslie Bibb Born in Bismarck, North Dakota and brought up in N >> Read More... ), who had also left him earlier citing the lack of money. The animals give him various advice on how to show aggression, how to mark one’s territory and puff out one’s throat out to look huge, which provides us a nice dose of slapstick humor. To add to this chaos enters a fellow zookeeper Kate ( Rosario Dawson Rosario Dawson was born on 9 May, 1979. Her star s >> Read More... ), who falls for Griffin. What happens next? And with whom will Griffin end up? Watch the film to find out.

Analysis: Assuming the movie will be on the level of Dr. Doolittle is ill-advised as this is a romantic comedy which primarily consists more of the protagonist love life than his relationship with different animals. The movie which will attract the attention on many kids and juveniles may have some jokes which are inappropriate. Is this a great film? No, but this is a decent family entertainer. At, least animals advising humans on their romantic life is something new to look forward.

Star Performances: Kevin James has done a good enough job on being the lovable all-American slob. Even though Rosario Dawson doesn’t have an extended screen time, she has put in a solid performance nonetheless. The chemistry between Kevin and Bernie (the Gorilla) is also pretty good.

What’s there?

• The animation is one of the highlights of the film.

• Kevin James portrayal of an everyday Joe is perfect, and he has done justice to the role.

• Rosario Dawson has put in one of her strongest performances.

What’s not there?

• The role played by Rosario Dawson could have been given a bit more exposure.

• Ken Jeong Known for his portrayal of Leslie Chow in The Hang >> Read More... being funny.