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The Zookeeper's Wife
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2350
- IMDb #2272
- Google retired #1575
- Rotten Tomatoes #2451
- Metacritic #2546
- Letterboxd #2415
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3095
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2055
- Metacritic Critics #2725
- Metacritic Audience #2159
- Criticker #2313
- Kinopoisk #1393
- AlloCiné #755
- Trakt #1074
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 43, highest is Google on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The keepers of the Warsaw Zoo care for their animals and their family in a time of peace. When their city is invaded, their world is shattered. They courageously decide to use the empty zoo cages and underground tunnels to hide hundreds of Jewish refugees from the occupying forces, transforming their place of wonder into a secret sanctuary during a time of great darkness.
Details
- Director
- Niki Caro
- Writer
- Angela Workman
- Based on
- The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
- Released
- 24 March 2017
- Country
- Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $26.2M
- Awards
- 1 win, 2 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (43) →
Awards & nominations
See all 3 →1 win from 3 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Heartland Film Festival 2017 2017 | Truly Moving Picture Award | Niki Caro | Winner |
| Women Film Critics Circle 2017 2017 | The Invisible Woman Award | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Women Film Critics Circle 2017 2017 | Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award) | Angela Workman | Nominee |
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3 awards — The Zookeeper's Wife
×| Truly Moving Picture Award | Niki Caro | Winner |
| Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award) | Angela Workman | Nominee |
| The Invisible Woman Award | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |