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After the notorious failure of\u00a0Elizabethtown<\/i>, Cameron Crowe took a few years off and attempted to rebound with a warm-hearted family film, 2011’s\u00a0We Bought A Zoo<\/i>. The film starred Matt Damon in the very loose true story of a father struggling to raise his two children in the wake of his wife’s death, and finds the solution to their problems in a local zoo listed for sale with a few loyal animal wranglers (including contrived love interest Scarlett Johansson) still tied to the property. Though the film became a modest hit, its punchline title and feather-weight tone was not taken seriously by critics or awards bodies in a season filled with other stories filled with children and grief.<\/p>\n
This episode, Matt Damon joins Meryl Streep as the only performers in our Ten Timers Club. We also discuss the varying degrees of failure in late stage Crowe films, Crowe\u2019s AARP Movies for Grownups Best Director nomination against heavy hitters, and 2011\u2032s many Oscar contenders featuring children.<\/p>\n
Topics also include Diane Warren finally having her Oscar, the fake\u00a0We Bought A Zoo<\/i>\u00a0Twitter account, and Content Creator Kits.<\/p>\n
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