Nouveau Départ

Cameron Crowe a marqué mon esprit de manière indélébile avec mon film préféré, mais depuis, ça ne fait qu'empirer à chaque nouveau film. Et c'est sans essayer de comparer, ce qui de toute façon serait difficile compte tenu du sujet. Mais tous ses autres films me semblent au moins un cran en dessous, peut-être à l'exception de Jerry Maguire. Nouveau départ est un film américain typique à tous égards pour lequel j'étais disposé à pardonner tous les clichés américains connus et à mettre en avant la force de l'histoire, les aspects émouvants et la performance très naturelle de Matt Damon. Au final, c'est donc un agréable divertissement familial qui réussit à toucher plus ou moins chaque membre de la famille. J'en suis également ressorti enrichi d'une intéressante leçon biologique avec une comparaison entre lions et tigres. (01/05/2024)

A a barrage of positivity that relies on the typical trademarks that Cameron Crowe sprinkles into each of his films: strong characters that you can't help but sympathize with, some sparkle between main characters, a common goal to work towards, a dash of emotions and personal attitudes that need to be changed, all adding to one of the film of the year. Crowe hasn't overstretched himself this time around, and made a modest, intimate film that is emotionally transparent and relatable, even though it's actually woefully unoriginal and ordinary. But even fleshing out the characters and dialogue and adding a catchy soundtrack is quite a feat in a production like this. The last scene is awesome. (21/04/2016)

I love it when filmmakers take a good and original true story and interpret it in an utterly beautiful and natural way that brings up a ton of emotions and by the end of the film it makes me feel truly amazing. Films like this are as scarce as grains for forest animals in the middle of desert. Well, that may be a stupid analogy. Simply there’s just very few of them. But still you can come across stories with happy endings that are worth watching. This one is really emotional, because it’s not only about a likable family, but also about the zoo, which instantly doubles the emotions. Matt Damon’s sincere expression throughout the whole film made me really happy. I wish there were more surprises like this and always something I could look forward to and be happy for others for a job well done. (13/05/2013)

A film that is not afraid to deliberately touch you, yet is perfectly optimistic and intentionally smiling with every thought and point. The whole group of teenagers, children, dedicated caretakers, and gazing animals could easily crumble into a meaningless family mess. But Cameron Crowe proved that he still has a firm hand in calming down turbulent emotions. A film for everyone. Literally. 90%. (04/04/2012)

A thoroughly upbeat spectacle, for which one obviously has to be in the mood (and I was). I was still worried about five minutes before the film started that it would be too cute, full of babbling children, funny animals and so on. Of course, no such thing happened. Excellent sympathetic actors, nice script, humor, a tear here and there (really!)... And the sensational character of the zoo inspector played by John Michael Higgins. (12/10/2013)