Doctor Dolittle 1998

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A cloying, humorless motion picture whose only assets are the work of Jim Henson's Creature Shop and a couple of good one-liners by a pair of rodents. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie will not harm anyone, and in the audience I saw it with, lots of parents and kids seemed to be laughing together. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: The old actor's rule -- never work with animals or kids -- has never seemed more apt. The animals steal the scene from Murphy every time, and he gives it up gladly. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Dr. Dolittle runs out of ideas long before the projector runs out of film. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Murphy's likeable, the script's laden with a gaggle of one-liners, and there's even a vague message nestling beneath the zoological chaos. Read more

Leonard Klady, Variety: Slim on story and rife with scatological jokes, the film may strike a chord with pre-teens but misses for an older crowd despite some nifty effects and broad humor. Read more