Aline Brosh McKenna was engaged to adapt Benjamin Mee's memoir, then Cameron liked the story and 'ran it through his own filter' (it sure sounds like a CC film). He also gets great performances out of kids.
One of the last delightful things you see is the beaming grin of Elle Fanning. As to that last collage of animal shots, it's no coincidence that the last is the lion - through the cage.
Johann Scarlettson is of course terribly good, and note the construction of the Angus Macfadyen sub-plot, the great casting of small parts, the almost silent Patrick Fugit, the seamless collaboration of Crowe, Prieto and Livolsi, the tiger....
It's magnificently zibbulous.
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