He doesn't just talk to the animals!
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!
ComedyFamilyFantasybased on novel or booktigersan francisco, californiaveterinarianmonkeydogtalking to animalswoman directorfather son relationshipfather daughter relationship
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Effortless, classical in form, warm and comic.
- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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32 profiled raters. Loved most by The Thrill Chasers; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Eddie MurphyDr. John Dolittle
- Ossie DavisArcher Dolittle
- Oliver PlattDr. Mark Weller
- Peter BoyleCalloway
- Richard SchiffDr. Gene Reiss
- Kristen WilsonLisa
- Jeffrey TamborDr. Fish
- Kyla PrattMaya
- Raven-SymonéCharisse
- Steven GilbornDr. Litvack
Crew
- Betty ThomasDirector
- Nat MauldinScreenplay
- Larry LevinScreenplay
- Hugh LoftingNovel
- Russell BoydDirector of Photography
- Richard GibbsOriginal Music Composer
- Peter TeschnerEditor
- John DavisProducer
- David T. FriendlyProducer
- Joseph SingerProducer
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