Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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!
- based on novel or book
- tiger
- san francisco
- california
- veterinarian
- monkey
- dog
- talking to animals
- woman director
- father son relationship
- father daughter relationship
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Eddie Murphy
Dr. John Dolittle
Ossie Davis
Archer Dolittle
Oliver Platt
Dr. Mark Weller
Peter Boyle
Calloway
- Richard Schiff — Dr. Gene Reiss
- Kristen Wilson — Lisa
- Jeffrey Tambor — Dr. Fish
- Kyla Pratt — Maya
- Raven-Symoné — Charisse
- Steven Gilborn — Dr. Litvack
- Erik Dellums — Jeremy
- June Christopher — Diane
- Cherie Franklin — Mrs. Parkus
- Norm Macdonald — Lucky (voice)
- Chris Rock — Rodney (voice)
- Directed
- Betty Thomas
- Written
- Hugh Lofting, Nat Mauldin, Larry Levin
Production
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 · 3,372 ratings
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1998 · You’re hereDoctor Dolittle
Where it starts.
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
2008
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
