...tries to fuse the story of a grieving family’s attempts to cope with a devastating loss with a broad, crowd-pleasing family comedy involving drunken zookeepers, winsome kids, cute animals, and persnickety inspectors.

...it is good to have the righteous dude back.

It's an easy-going, likable film.

...en småputtrig familjerulle med lagom delar drama och söt humor.

Når det (...) faktisk lykkedes Crowe at holde filmen fra det navlepillende og selvhøjtidelige Pay It Forward-terræn, skyldes det i høj grad Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson og resten af castet, som alle er ubegribelig overbevisende...