Oscar winner Matt Damon gives a heartfelt performance in this film that's based on a true story. When his teenage son gets into trouble, Benjamin Mee (Damon) gives up a lucrative newspaper job to move his family to the most unlikely of places: a zoo! With help from an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, Benjamin embarks on a fresh beginning to restore the dilapidated zoo to it's former glory, while uniting his family. From the director of JERRY MAGUIRE, WE BOUGHT A ZOO is a celebration of the human spirit.