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Dr. Dolittle 2
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Eddie Murphy, Krisen Wilson,
Kevin Pollak, Lisa Kudrow, Norm
Macdonald, Steve Zahn |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG |
| Released By: |
20th
Century Fox |
| Web Site: |
www.drdolittle2.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Some of the humor
is toilet humor so figure on that. |
| Date Movie: |
It's harmless -
bring her along. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nah. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nah. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Some good laughs
here and there. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Archie taking a
dump in the bathroom and the scene with the crocodile and
"The Crocodile Hunter." |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nah. |
| Directed By: |
Steve Carr |
| Produced By: |
John Davis |
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Dr. Dolittle 2
A Movie Review |
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You know how sometimes you can get too much of a good
thing? Well, I enjoy toilet style humor as much as the next person,
think farts are funny, and can find burps humorous, but lately it
seems every movie has added those elements and sadly I’m not
finding flatulence as funny any more. The latest movie to think it
needs toilet humor is "Dr. Dolittle 2."
"Dr. Dolittle 2" brings Eddie Murphy back as the good
doctor. Now that his secret of talking to the animals is out, well,
his practice is thriving, although the family unit could be doing
better. But there’s a problem – namely the mean, nasty logging
company is crouching in on the mob boss’ territory, and by mob
boss I’m talking about a beaver who controls the animals in the
woods. In a sit-down with our doctor, well, Mr. Beaver convinces Dr.
Dolittle that he has to save their land, and with the help of his
wife, Lisa (Kristen Wilson), well, it seems the only hope is to get
the endangered female bear, Eva (voiced by Lisa Kudrow) to make baby
bears. Unfortunately the only male bear left, Archie (voiced by
Steve Zahn) has been trained as a circus bear and Eva wants nothing
to do with the wimp. So it’s up to Doctor D to turn Archie back
into a manly bear while the nasty logging company has a plan of
their own to get Archie back into captivity. And, oh yea, Doctor D
has to deal with his growing daughter, Charisse (Raven-Symone) who
brings along her boyfriend, Eric (Lil’ Zane), for their
vacation/Archie training trip to the woods.
Well I’m not going to give away the ending although I’m sure
you can figure it out, but I’ll just add a few things. First, like
the first Dr. Dolittle, well, the jokes are what you might expect
from talking animals. You get Norm Macdonald back voicing the family
dog, you get bathroom humor from Archie, you get a chameleon who can’t
change colors, you get the drunken monkey, and you get the animals
as, hmm, I guess they’d be called "made" animals in
their little mafia world. You also get a scary vision of the world
if animals could talk to each other when they all go on strike. But,
in the end, you get a cute movie that gets a little preachy about
the whole logging thing, but you’ll chuckle here and there and the
kids will probably find Archie lovable.
You know what you are asking for by going to see "Dr.
Dolittle 2" and you get just that, but I just wish movies could
get a little more inventive instead of just relying on farts and
doody to make me laugh. It’s gonna be 3 stars out of 5 for "Dr.
Dolittle 2."
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
