CAMERON CROWE - KUPILIŚMY ZOO / WE BOUGHT A ZOO Blu-ray

Komediodramat w reżyserii wyróżnionego Oscarem Camerona Crowe'a ("U progu sławy", "Jerry Maguire"), ekranizacja bestsellerowej książki, opartej na autentycznej historii. Pełna humoru, ale i wzruszająca opowieść o ojcu, który kupuje swej rodzinie niezwykły prezent: ogród zoologiczny z dzikim zwierzętami. Wraz z dziećmi porzuca życie w mieście i wyrusza na prowincję, by przewrócić podupadłemu zoo jego dawną świetność, a przy okazji zacząć życie od nowa i przeżyć przygodę, o której inni mogą tylko pomarzyć. W rolach głównych: nagrodzony Oscarem Matt Damon ("Tożsamość Bourne’a", "Buntownik z wyboru") oraz nominowani do Oscara Scarlett Johansson ("Wszystko gra", "Między słowami") i Thomas Haden Church ("Bezdroża", "Spider-Man 3").

Though adapted from a memoir by a British journalist, We Bought a Zoo feels entirely like a Cameron Crowe film, with clear parallels to previous crowd-pleasers like Jerry Maguire. Crowe introduces Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon in a role that recalls his Contagion character) six months after the death of his wife. Since everything reminds him of her, the California columnist decides to make a change, starting with a new location. His realtor (Curb Your Enthusiasm's J.B. Smoove), brother (Sideways' Thomas Haden Church), and sullen teenage son (Colin Ford) try to talk him out of it, but Mee falls in love with a country manor that comes with a strange stipulation: the tenant must manage the zoo that accompanies the property. With his daughter's blessing, Mee takes the plunge. Fortunately, he inherits an experienced staff, including MacCready (Angus MacFadyen), Robin (Patrick Fugit), Lily (Elle Fanning), and Kelly (Scarlett Johansson, lovely as ever in her least glamorous role to date). Mee's road to reinvention offers few surprises, but Damon makes him a sympathetic figure who finds the same kind of support system among the park personnel that Fugit's Almost Famous writer found in the rock world, except Mee's relationships have more staying power. If his detractors--a skeptical employee and an unctuous inspector--feel like screenwriter constructs, Zoo represents a return to form for Crowe after a series of missteps, including Elizabethtown. Better yet, the real-life park that Mee acquired continues to lead by example as a humane habitat for endangered species. --Kathleen C. Fennessy