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Doctor Dolittle
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| Starring: |
Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Kristen
Wilson, and animal voices by Norm MacDonald, Albert
Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Chris Rock, and more.
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| MPAA Rated: |
PG |
| Released By: |
20th Century
Fox |
| Web Site: |
www.drdolittle.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Too much bathroom humor for the
really little one's.
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| Date Movie: |
I took one.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
No. But a lot of jokes around the topic.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
No. |
| Action: |
No. |
| Laughs: |
I thought so. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Norm MacDonald as a dog loosing a thermometer up
his butt. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Anything that Chris Rock said while playing the
part of a Guinea Pig, but "Why do they call me a
Guinea Pig? I ain't Italian, and I ain't pork"
comes to mind.
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| Directed By: |
Betty Thomas |
| Produced By: |
John Davis, Joseph M. Singer, David T. Friendly |
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Doctor Dolittle
A Movie Review |
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MPAA Rated - PG |
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It's 1:25 Long |
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| A Review by |
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Stu Gotz |
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If you have fond memories of the
classic musical, "Dr. Dolittle," then you may not like 20th
Century Fox's updated version, in fact I dare say you'll
hate it. In his latest incarnation, Doctor Dolittle (Eddie
Murphy) is an uptight, overworked, big city physician about
to sell out his practice to an HMO for big bucks. On a
particularly hectic day Dr. D. whacks a stray dog and bumps
his head on the steering wheel. This awakens a long lost
gift of his by which he is able to communicate with animals,
a talent which had been dormant in him since childhood. So
here is the good Doctor thinking he's crazy, and pretty soon
everyone else does too. But, not to worry, Dr. D. isn't
destined to spend his life in the loony bin. Nope, in the
end Dr. D. comes to terms with his gift and people respect
him for it. Aww... How nice. How predictable. How funny.
OK... So the movie lacks substance (it does make a poor
point about selling out) but it did make me laugh. Granted I
saw all the jokes coming a mile away, but they were funny
none the less. I think that had to do with the writing and
casting. You know how the movie "Clerks" was terribly acted
but you didn't care because the writing was so good? Well,
this movie is no "Clerks" and it's not as smartly written,
but the point is that the dialogue in "Doctor Dolittle," along
with the situations and acting, all lead to funny outcomes.
Am I making any sense? Anyway, I thought that Albert Brooks
was a perfect suicidal tiger, Norm MacDonald was a great
street mutt with an attitude, I'll never be able to look at
a Guinea Pig again and not think of Chris Rock, and oh so
many more actors lent their voices to make this a very funny
movie.
A lot of the reviews that I read had the critics pretty
much trashing Eddie Murphy's new comedy, "Doctor Dolittle."
Most of the big-town C's bitched that the movie was
predictable, used too much toilet humor, and went for the
easy jokes. Well... That's all true. But none the less I
laughed my ass off through the whole movie. Hey, isn't the
point of a comedy to make you laugh? So I say to all the big
paper critics that not all movies are art and sometimes a
predictable joke delivered at the right time by the right
person is just what a movie audience needs. I didn't mind
laying out eight bucks to see this movie, but this movie is
definitely better at matinee prices. All that being said I
give "Doctor Dolittle" 3 of 5 stars. I'm Stu Gotz and "Doctor Dolittle" is a good film. 'Nuff Said! |
