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- Dolittle is not as good as it could be; a production plagued with setbacks, multiple reshoots following test audiences feedback and missed release dates, it sadly still has issues, disjointed scenes, and a muddy narrative, and while the stellar human cast including a wonderfully envious Dr. Blair Mudfly played with scalpel-like precision by Micheal Sheen, a luminous Lady Rose gracefully portrayed by Carmel Laniado, and Harry Collett from Dunkirk as likable and plucky wannabe Dolittle assistant...
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Jan 17, 2020 · At the start, Dolittle is holed up in his mansion, unable to recover from the death of his wife, lost at sea during one of her expeditions to the remote corners of the world. (This is shown via animated prologue, with voiceover by Emma Thompson, who plays Polynesia the parrot.)
Jan 17, 2020 · After his wife's death, Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey, Jr.) decided to hide from the world with his beloved animals. But he has to take a journey to a mysterious island to find a healing tree, which is the only medicine that can help the dying Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) in Buckingham Palace.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Stephen Gaghan
- 2020-01-17
In Victorian England, Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey Jr.) can talk to animals. His life is healing animals. His love is his adventurer wife Lily who travels the world saving animals.
Dr. Dolittle therapeutically helps animals with various issues, including mental issues and physical wounds. He helps a gorilla named Chee-Chee overcome his constant fear of nearly everything, for instance. He also works hard to save Stubbins’ squirrel from a buckshot wound.
- Stephen Gaghan
Jan 17, 2020 · Dolittle is a 2020 reboot of the Doctor Dolittle franchise starring Robert Downey Jr. The film is partly based on Hugh Lofting's novel The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle and centers on the titular character as he searches for a mysterious island with his crew of talking animals.
Dolittle (also referred to as The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle) is a 2020 American fantasy adventure film directed by Stephen Gaghan from a screenplay by Gaghan, Dan Gregor, and Doug Mand, based on a story by Thomas Shepherd.