

Donald the monkey suggests that they make Griffin look like a hero when Stephanie is at the zoo tomorrow.
#WHAT IS THE MOVIE THE ZOOKEEPERS WIFE BASED ON CODE#
Jerome the brown bear suggests they teach Griffin their mating techniques, but Joe the lion protests, reminding them that it's against the animal code to talk to humans. The animals hold a meeting that evening as they feel Griffin is the best zookeeper, so they decide to find some way to help him win back Stephanie. Dave suggests Griffin come work with him at his car dealership to get Stephanie back, so Griffin considers doing it. That night, Griffin holds an engagement party there for his brother Dave, but freaks out when he discovers that Stephanie was invited. In 2005, zookeeper Griffin Keyes proposes to his girlfriend Stephanie, but is turned down, citing his career as a zookeeper as the reason, breaking his heart.įive years later in 2010, Griffin is now head zookeeper at the Franklin Park Zoo, caring deeply for the animals. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and earned $169.8 million on an $80 million budget. įilming began in Boston on August 17, 2009.

It was the first MGM film to be co-produced with Happy Madison (as well as their first production to be released after the company had filed for bankruptcy the year prior), though the film, like a majority of the Happy Madison output, was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is about an unlucky zookeeper who turns to the talking animals at his zoo to help him find love. Zookeeper is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, starring Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, and Leslie Bibb, and featuring the voices of Nick Nolte, Sylvester Stallone, Adam Sandler, Don Rickles (in the final film he finished before his death on April 6, 2017), Judd Apatow, Cher, Jon Favreau, and Faizon Love.
