Zookeeper

Movie: Zookeeper

Genre: comedy

Synopsis: Griffen (Kevin James) is a zookeeper who loves his job.  He is still getting over Stephanie (Leslie Bibb), who dumped him five years earlier.  Now Stephanie comes back into Griffin’s life and he hopes to have another shot.  On the down side, Stephanie’s most recent boyfriend (Joe Rogan – from News Radio) is determined to get her back.  This is when Griffin learns that animals can talk . . . and all of the zoo animals pitch in to give him advice on how to win the girl back. Rosario Dawson play another zoo worker and Ken Jeong plays another – really creepy – zoo worker.  And . . . it certainly appeared that the monkey here is the same one that was in Hangover II.

My two cents: A good Kevin James vehicle – much better for him than The Dilemma.  Rosario Dawson was great as a fellow zoo-worker.  Ken Jeungg seems to be specializing in playing disturbingly creepy characters.  By far, my favorite animal scene was when Griffin sneaks a morose gorilla out of the zoo and takes him to TGI Fridays for his birthday.

Bottom line:  probably won’t be up for any Oscars, but is good for some laughs . .  especially if you are a Kevin James fan.

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