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Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,119 2020s family movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes15%
Metacritic26/100
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
3,949 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen GaghanDirector
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen GaghanScreenplay
- Dan GregorScreenplay
- Doug MandScreenplay
Cast
- Robert Downey Jr.Dr. John Dolittle
- Harry CollettTommy Stubbins
- Michael SheenDr. Blair Müdfly
- Jim BroadbentLord Thomas Badgley
- Antonio BanderasKing Rassouli
- Rami MalekChee-Chee (voice)
- Jessie BuckleyQueen Victoria
- Emma ThompsonPoly (voice)
- John CenaYoshi (voice)
- Kumail NanjianiPlimpton (voice)
- Craig RobinsonKevin (voice)
- Ralph FiennesBarry (voice)
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Themes
shipislandbased on novel or bookvictorian englanddoctorbased on children's bookanimalsveterinarytalking to animalsvoyage