Storyline
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.
Directors
Cast
Michael Sheen, Antonio Banderas, Jim Broadbent, Marion Cotillard, Robert Downey Jr., Craig Robinson, Ralph Fiennes, Matt King, Emma Thompson, Octavia Spencer, Selena Gomez, Ralph Ineson, Frances de la Tour, Joanna Page, Joseph Balderrama, Rami Malek, Jason Mantzoukas, Kumail Nanjiani, Tom Holland, John Cena, Oliver Chris, Clive Francis, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, Daniel Hoffmann-Gill, Andrew G. Ogleby, Clive Brunt, Harry Collett, Jessie Buckley, Zak Holland, Nasir Jama, John-Luke Roberts, Tonya Cornelisse, Chris Brazier, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Carmel Laniado, Stephen Samson, Joseph Segal, Tarik Mesfun, Shane Rawlings, David Cradduck, Michael Herne
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Reviews
58
The film is so eager to please, so relentlessly quippy and quirky and tipped with antic whimsy, it often feels like visiting a zoo built into a Tilt-A-Whirl.
51
Characters go from one place to the next with no explanation and no second thought, and even single scenes play out as if someone attacked the reel of film with a pair of scissors.
50
Screen Rant
It's fun enough to keep audiences mostly entertained for its hour and 45 minute runtime, but there's nothing particularly memorable to latch onto - not the CGI animals, not the fantasy world and not even Downey Jr's performance.
42
The studio did its best to taxidermy this mess into something presentable, but it’s hard to make a Doctor Dolittle movie if you can’t even understand the parable of the scorpion and the frog.
40
It’s ultimately a miracle that despite the tortured production process, Dolittle can most generously be described as passable for young, undiscerning viewers. It won’t charm or amuse you particularly but it’s not a catastrophe, the highest praise I can muster.
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