

Kate decides to leave the zoo and accepts a job in Nairobi. As he leaves, Griffin warns Shane not to hurt Bernie. This upsets Kate, and also Bernie, who tells him that Griffin quitting proves that he can't trust humans. Stephanie convinces Griffin to quit his job and he accepts Dave's job offer. Stephanie asks him out to dinner and after they go to a fashion show. In 2012, Griffin successfully grabs Stephanie's attention by first showing off with Kate, then standing up to Gale. Joe's mate Janet tells Griffin that the best way to attract a female is to be seen with another female, so Griffin asks Kate to go with him to Dave and Robin's wedding. Griffin discovers that Stephanie is dating another ex-boyfriend, a bully named Gale. Bernie tells Griffin that Shane fell when he was abusing him, but lied, saying that Bernie attacked him. Griffin then has a talk with Bernie, a forlorn Western lowland gorilla who has spent years in a deep enclosure after allegedly attacking a zookeeper named Shane.

He learns their different mating rituals, ending up humiliating himself at a party in front of the other zookeepers and the guests.
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That night, all the animals break the code of silence and tell Griffin they will teach him to win back Stephanie. When he climbs out of the enclosure, Joe accidentally yells at Griffin in frustration, causing Griffin to believe he has gone mad. Griffin ruins the animals' plan by failing to jump into the lion enclosure, and instead the vet Kate, captures Joe. The next day, Donald lets Joe out, who confronts Stephanie and Dave's fiancée Robin. Donald the monkey suggests that they make Griffin look like a hero when Stephanie is at the zoo tomorrow. 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.
