Dolittle

2020 101 min ★ 6.6 Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure

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.

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Cast

Robert Downey Jr.

Dr. John Dolittle

Harry Collett

Tommy Stubbins

Michael Sheen

Dr. Blair Müdfly

Jim Broadbent

Lord Thomas Badgley

Antonio Banderas

King Rassouli

Rami Malek

Chee-Chee (voice)

Jessie Buckley

Queen Victoria

Emma Thompson

Poly (voice)

John Cena

Yoshi (voice)

Kumail Nanjiani

Plimpton (voice)

Details

Director

Stephen Gaghan

Screenplay

Stephen Gaghan

Tagline

"He's just not a people person."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$175,000,000

Revenue

$251,410,631

Production

Universal Pictures, Team Downey, Perfect World Pictures, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films

Reviews

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Manuel São Bento

April 9, 2020

★ 2/10

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com We have all watched the Dolittle movies starring Eddie Murphy. I'm not going to lie, I was never a fan of these films. Yes, they're purposefully dumb, innocent, and feature that basic level of comedy. They never annoyed me, but they also never did anything remarkably surprising. 2020's version of t...

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Kamurai

December 10, 2020

★ 5/10

A weird watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be closer to the books, or if Disney was just fed up with having wonderful magic in their products, but having Dolittle act out animal behavior in order to communicate to the them really ruins the vibe, as well as making it something you can learn makes it incredibly unremarkable. It should just...

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r96sk

December 27, 2020

★ 4/10

So pointless, so bad. The one solace of praise I have for <em>'Dolittle'</em> is that it at least mixes things up compared to the Eddie Murphy remake, as well as potentially the 1967 original - though I haven't seen that, but this sounds a little different based on '67's synopsis. This film wastes a fantastic cast list. Robert Downey Jr. is of course the lead, but there are also notable appe...