Doctor Dolittle

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1998 · 85 min · PG-13 · Comedy · Family · Fantasy · TMDB 5.7/10

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!

Directed by Betty Thomas

Cast

• Eddie Murphy — Dr. John Dolittle
• Ossie Davis — Archer Dolittle
• Oliver Platt — Dr. Mark Weller
• Peter Boyle — Calloway
• Richard Schiff — Dr. Gene Reiss