SummaryIn Zookeeper, the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reve... Read More
Directed By:Frank Coraci
Written By:Nick Bakay, Rock Reuben, Kevin James, Jay Scherick, David Ronn
Zookeeper
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
30
User score
Mixed or Average
4.7
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
30
14% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
34% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
52% Negative
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
Jul 7, 2011
75
It's not the romcom that's so entertaining, anyway; it's the slapstick.
Jul 6, 2011
50
James takes his comic lumps like a man. His Griffin suffers injuries and indignities and lets us laugh at him as he does. No matter where the script wanders and where the direction founders, at some point, James' comic instincts take over. And this time, they don't let him down.
User score
Mixed or Average
4.7
31% Positive
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
30% Mixed
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
39% Negative
57 Ratings
57 Ratings
Jul 18, 2024
10
I was happy to participate with you, thank you very much I wish you success always
Sep 28, 2015
10
Stop hating the characters and just be positive! It's flawed but fascinating! Kevin James and the rest of the wisecracking animals make this film shine. Although this is little kids comedy and reliant on slapstick humour and silly little kids jokes, it's still fun to watch! It's also really good at in-depth character analysis, finding out who you really are and who the true love of your life is. I'm a teen and I laughed several times throughout this movie. It also explores different aspects of the characters personality. So watch this if you're feeling bored. It'll cheer you up for sure! Kevin James has that funny clown's slapstick humour. Here's a tip for the parents: open up a little and focus on the films message: not how to propose someone but it's finding out who you really are and befriending others.
Jul 7, 2011
40
Zookeeper has the territory-marking scent of a franchise product from the Sandler-produced stable: pratfalls, caricature and aggression, which the likeable-enough James isn't as effective at getting laughs with as he is the more recessive, aw-shucks moments.
Jul 7, 2011
38
The film would be a moth-eaten mess without the wisecracking animals. Not that it's funny with them.
Jul 8, 2011
20
A children's comedy about talking animals that feels as if it were written by children or, perhaps, by talking animals.
Jul 6, 2011
0
It's monumentally terrible. "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son" now has competition for worst picture of the year.
Jan 23, 2012
10
Kevin James barley made this movie watchable and the weird thing is that it seems like Adam Sandler is like a bad luck charm because almost all movies that he is involved in are all epic fails like Bucky Larson which should have ended his career just for being involved. Well the movie is dumb and lame it's a darn shame that James and Adams cant make a good movie like I Pronounce you chuck and Larry which I didn't even find remotely bad despite it's awful reviews
Apr 23, 2023
6
The guy from Paul Blart: Mall Cop, returned as a zookeeper. Pretty nice. The humor? I don't know. The concept is really inspiring, such as the plot when the animals at the zoo can talk to humans and try to secretly help a human Griffin try to woo a girl. That's the aspect of the movie I enjoyed the most. Some of the scenes, though, are a bit slow for me in my opinion, but you know what's common for me? Focusing on the story. Cause if you focus on the story more than the humor, you might be surprised on what happens next.
Jun 24, 2017
6
Better than most reviewers say, but not great. The story was good, and funny at times. The animals are the best part because they do so many unexpected things. Give it a watch, even if it has faults.
Feb 23, 2016
3
A bland Zoolander only with Kevin James as the star. At the end, you'll possibly want more when the rest of us can go crawl under our beds hoping for a sequel to not happen.
Dec 21, 2015
3
I honestly did not find anything that appealing about this movie. It mostly was not **** just is not worth **** is also embarrassing to **** characters make fools of them selves.
Production Company:
- Columbia Pictures
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Broken Road Productions
- Hey Eddie
- Happy Madison Productions
Release Date:Jul 8, 2011
Duration:1 h 44 m
Rating:PG
Tagline:Welcome to his jungle.
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Awards
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
