The We Bought a Zoo Irresponsibility Index

In this weekend?s wildly reckless financial risk fantasy We Bought a Zoo, moneyed-but-totes-normal Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon), a recently widowed father of two, experiences a fit of Jerry Maguire insanity and moves his family into a zoo. Director Cameron Crowe and co-written by Aline Brosh McKenna (27 Dresses) would have you think this is a good idea, since (spoiler!) Mee?s selfish, shortsighted, and borderline negligent decisions result in an uplifting, golden-hued ending, not to mention the love of a certain crunchy-but-smokin? hot lady zookeeper. But Movieline knows better. Study the litany of ill-advised risks and bad judgment calls Benjamin Mee makes for himself and his two young children. In these trying times, let his story not be a lesson.

*It should be noted that We Bought a Zoo is adapted from the nonfiction memoir of the real Benjamin Mee, a former newspaper columnist who may or may not have also made the stupid life choices listed below. Also: SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY.

THE WE BOUGHT A ZOO IRRESPONSIBILITY INDEX, FROM MILDLY DUMB TO REALLY, REALLY STUPID

The Mildly Dumb:

• �Not eating those lasagnas all the hot single moms at school made for you. Lasagna is delicious.

• �Leaving daily lunch-making duties to a 7 year old.

• Allowing an inattentive 14-year-old kid to close down the new shipment of exotic snakes.

The Negligibly Negligent:

• Quitting a job in PRINT journalism for no good reason on a whim one day. I mean, REALLY ARE YOU CRAZY?

• Personally executing the installation of costly renovation and maintenance of a zoo with no prior carpentry or animal husbandry experience or skills or knowledge… then being shocked with a 650-lb. bear escapes his enclosure.

• Leaving two children alone for an entire

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Source: http://www.celebrities.com/celebrities-gossip/the-we-bought-a-zoo-irresponsibility-index/

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