Doctor Dolittle
About Doctor Dolittle
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!
Betty Thomas's Doctor Dolittle is a 1998 comedy fantasy film. At 85 minutes long, it arrived in June 1998. It is part of Dr. Dolittle Collection.
The film is filed under monkey, tiger, veterinarian, and talking to animals. The film began as a novel.
Eddie Murphy appears as Dr. John Dolittle, Ossie Davis as Archer Dolittle, Oliver Platt as Dr. Mark Weller, and Peter Boyle as Calloway. The screenplay is by Larry Levin and Nat Mauldin. It streams on Disney Plus in the United States.
The Jungle Book, Pet Sematary II, and Cloud Atlas make useful companions to Doctor Dolittle. TMDB voters put it at 5.7 out of 10 across 3,418 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.