Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Eddie Murphy | ... | Dr. John Dolittle | |
Ossie Davis | ... | Archer Dolittle | |
Oliver Platt | ... | Dr. Mark Weller | |
Peter Boyle | ... | Calloway | |
Richard Schiff | ... | Dr. Gene 'Geno' Reiss | |
Kristen Wilson | ... | Lisa Dolittle | |
Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Dr. Fish | |
Kyla Pratt | ... | Maya Dolittle | |
Raven-Symoné | ... | Charisse Dolittle | |
Steven Gilborn | ... | Dr. Sam Litvack | |
Erik Dellums | ... | Jeremy (as Erik Todd Dellums) | |
June Christopher | ... | Diane | |
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Cherie Franklin | ... | Mrs. Parkus |
Mark Adair-Rios | ... | Intern | |
Don Calfa | ... | Patient at Hammersmith |
Dr. John Dolittle has the world in his hands: A beautiful wife at his side, two adorable daughters and a career that could not go better. One night, he nearly runs over a dog with his car. The dog yells "bonehead" and disappears. From then on, his childhood ability is back: To communicate with animals. Unfortunately, the word of Dolittle's ability is spreading quickly. Soon, many animals from rat to horse flock to his place to get medical advice. But his colleagues suspect he's going mad, and as the clinic Dolittle used to work for is about to being taken over for a huge amount of money, many decisions have to be made. Believe him? Put him into a mental institution? Sell the clinic? But also his family is close to breaking apart. Until a circus tiger falls seriously ill. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
This is really an everage run of the mill kids movie based losely on the the Doctor Dolittle film. Eddie Murphy plays the doctor who finds that he can comminicate with all animals.This leads to every type of animal coming to him for help for their medical problems. The Special affects are not very special but i'm sure a lot of kids would love this film. There are a few funny one liners that will go straight over childrens heads and that are quite funny but all in all this film is just plain OK. 6 out of 10.