Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.
Good evening, my fellow Americans. I've made a huge mistake. Are you familiar with the 2011 film “We Bought a Zoo”? The Matt Damon picture? Scarjo is in it as well, although her performance isn't anything to shake a stick at, if I'm being honest. It was directed by Cameron Crow, the fellow who made Jerry Maguire. “Show me the money!”. Anyway, so I was watching “We Bought a Zoo” a few days ago because it came up on my Disney Plus after I finished an episode of that baby yoda show. And I thought, “Wow, I still can't believe they bought that freaking zoo”. So I looked it up and they really did do it. They really bought a zoo in real life. I thought it was just the Matt Damon movie, but it turns out it's based on a book by a gentleman who really did buy a zoo in England, though, not in California, like the movie. But anyway, this is where the trouble started. Because if someone could really buy a zoo in real life, not just in a movie, then, Hell, why shouldn't I buy a zoo? So