Overview
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!
Ratings
IMDb
5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
44%
Metacritic
46/100
Key crew
- Betty ThomasDirector
- Richard GibbsOriginal Music Composer
- Nat MauldinScreenplay
- Larry LevinScreenplay
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
- Erik DellumsJeremy
- June ChristopherDiane
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Themes
based on novel or booktigersan francisco, californiaveterinarianmonkeydogtalking to animalswoman directorfather son relationshipfather daughter relationship