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Doctor Dolittle

Name: Doctor Dolittle
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1998
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wilson, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Richard Schiff

Taste attributes: comedyfamilyfantasyanimalsfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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"He doesn't just talk to the animals!"

Boxlist takeA wholesome comedy that is breezy, fantastical and original. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

5.7 /10

TMDB · 2,384 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it

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Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

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!

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