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Zookeeper

Play trailer Poster for Zookeeper PG 2011 1h 41m Kids & Family Comedy Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Kindhearted Griffin Keyes is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but since he is more comfortable with the animals than with females of his own species, his love life is lacking. When Griffin decides that the only way to get a girlfriend is to find a more glamorous career, the animals panic. To keep him from leaving, they reveal their secret ability to talk and offer to teach him the rules of courtship, animal style.
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Critics Consensus

Zookeeper smothers Kevin James's with a sodden script and a surfeit of jokes inappropriate for the young viewers who would be intrigued by its juvenile storyline.

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Jim Schembri The Age (Australia) 09/14/2011
3/5
From the unstoppable Adam Sandler hit factory comes this pleasant, kid-friendly, ultra-formulaic shlub-does-good comedy. Go to Full Review Matt Singer Time Out Chicago 09/14/2011
1/5
Fans of the sight of James falling over will get a big kick out of Zookeeper, but this deranged comedy will leave everyone else scratching their heads. Go to Full Review Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald 09/07/2011
.5/5
To produce something as emphatically unfunny as this, the script's five-man team must have whipped themselves into a state of mutual delusion. Go to Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk 12/12/2020
Kevin James's zoo man shovels up a steaming pile of ordure. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/27/2020
2.5/4.0
Likely contains enough humor to be a decent outing for most families with smaller kids. Go to Full Review Charlie Jane Anders io9.com 05/19/2018
A hell paradigm - two brain-scrapingly terrible genres are mashed up into one ultimate torment of the soul. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Eamon A @EamonTheChicken2 Mar 17 why such a low rating? See more Manny V @RT14932771 Mar 14 Great movie always a good watch at whatever age! See more Yash B @yashbansal Feb 21 "Zookeeper" is a somewhat bizarre movie because it never feels like it fully commits to being a movie for adults or children. There are some jokes that are funny, and the romantic element of the story is sweet, but the movie just isn't engaging. I feel like there is potential for a better movie here if more work were put into the script and it were committed to being primarily for one audience. I think there is a sweetness presented here that is common in Kevin James' body of work that I didn't hate, but there isn't enough to say it is worth watching. Overall, it's a PG movie that isn't hurting anyone, but it also feels like there are better options available, even within Kevin James' library. See more The Cursed Legion T @GAVINSISEMORE Dec 23 Seen this movie 10+ times it would be an amazing watch for a family movie night! See more Ed R @JustcallmeER Nov 18 This movie had high expectations with bizarre animal antics. See more Blu B @RT43513976 Jul 29 Completely dumb idea, terribly unfunny surface level slapstick, "Fat man" humor, and toilet jokes. The voice acting for the animals is terrible and unfunny. I don't know if that was intentional or not but I can't tell. It's a Romcom mixed with a comedy and boy does it never work at all. I mean if your a fan of Adam Sandler type humor than this is right up your alley man but I mean jeez you can do way better than this even. The scenes are so dumb even though it makes sense overall but it's just so stupid and not in the good way. The soundtrack is a greatest hits of every song you hear in the supermarket from Boston to the Commodores and some 2010 Rap hits for the kids you know! And it doesn't fit at all all and is so bad. It's not even worth trying to criticize this. Skip it. You watch this you know what your getting. See more Read all reviews
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Frank Coraci

Director

Kevin James

Griffin Keyes

Rosario Dawson

Kate

Leslie Bibb

Stephanie

Ken Jeong

Venom

Donnie Wahlberg

Shane

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Movie Info

Synopsis Kindhearted Griffin Keyes is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but since he is more comfortable with the animals than with females of his own species, his love life is lacking. When Griffin decides that the only way to get a girlfriend is to find a more glamorous career, the animals panic. To keep him from leaving, they reveal their secret ability to talk and offer to teach him the rules of courtship, animal style.
Director
Frank Coraci
Producer
Todd Garner, Kevin James, Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Walt Becker
Screenwriter
Nick Bakay, Rock Reuben, Kevin James, Jay Scherick, David Ronn
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Happy Madison Productions, Hey Eddie, Broken Road
Rating
PG (Some Rude/Suggestive Humor|Language)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 8, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 8, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$80.4M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
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