Dolittle Movie | trailer | story | cast & crew | release date | reviews | box office collection

Dolittle Movie | trailer | story | cast & crew | release date | reviews | box office collection

Dolittle Movie Trailer

Dolittle Movie Story

In a new take on the popular fantasy tale, Robert Downey Jr. plays the eccentric doctor who can speak to animals. This movie is full of adventures with fights scene of different animals.Viewers will pleased with the beautiful animation of the movie. The movie is directed by Stephen Gaghan and produced by Universal Pictures. Other actors include Antorio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Jim Boradbent, Tom Holland and Ralph Fiennes, among many others.

Dolittle Movie Cast & Crew

Cast

Robert Downey jr (Doctor John Dolittle)

Jim Broadbent

Micheal Sheen (Mudfly)

Antonio Banderas (Rassouli)

John Cena ( Voice as Yoshi)

Tom Holand (Voice as Jip)

Selena Gomez (Voice as Betsy)

Crew

Stephen Gaghan (Director,Writer,Screenplay)
Joe Roth (Producer)
Danny Elfman (Musician)

Dolittle Movie Release Date

17th January 2020

Dolittle Movie Review

 Dolittle is based on Hugh Lofting’s second book in the Dolittle series: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Unlike Eddie Murphy’s 1998 film which was set in present time, this one stays true to the period when the books were published. So, here we are in the 19th century, when a young Queen of England has fallen gravely ill and requires help from one Doctor Dolittle. The doctor, however, has resigned himself to a life of isolation from humans since his wife died—still an unchallenged, easiest way to bring ‘depth’ to a hollow, studio-manufactured character

Of course, the Doctor has found company in his impossible assortment of exotic creatures, gathered from world over, played by internet’s favourite actors such as Tom Holland, John Cena, Selena Gomez and others. There’s a scaredy gorilla, a wise parrot, a sassy ostrich, a nice polar bear, a squirrel that maintains a journal like Rorschach, a half-wit duck, and a dog that is so dull I can’t even muster an adjective for him. As is tradition with adventure films, the Doctor takes some convincing before he finally relents and embarks upon a voyage to distant lands, in search of a cure for the queen. Oh! I forgot to mention there is also a tow-away boy with him but it’s okay, you wouldn’t notice him anyway.

In between the dozen of them, the animals may just manage to wriggle out half a dozen laughs (a generous word for letting a guff of air out your nostrils) through the entirety of the film. They are cartoonish and just plain boring, unable to induce empathy or even a single ‘aww’.

Downey is not without fault either as he puts on a weird Welsh accent to talk to his animals. Admittedly, Downey says he did google ‘weirdest Welsh doctor’ to find inspiration for his role and accent. The laziness of a Google search shows through Downey’s performance as well. He mumbles through the film, often to a point of inaudibility despite the unfailing Dolby Atmos. The hushed voice is supposed to add to the eccentricity of widower adventurer but all it does is make him appear like the discounted version of Captain Jack Sparrow with stupid, talking animals as stand-ins for the zombie pirates. Initially, you wonder why a man of his talents is wasted on something like this but soon enough, you realise he is not suffering at the hands of this film like us, he is actively adding to our suffering.

Gaghan, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, already had disaster written on his film. With another director on board and a month of reshoots, one was sure that nothing much should be expected of the film. An incensed crew member’s Twitter rant about Gaghan’s ‘batsh*t’ work ethics and subsequent banishment from sets, did nothing to calm the nerves of Downey’s fans. As feared, the end product does look like a visceral waste of manpower and money.

Dolittle Movie box office collection

Budget: 175 Million Dollar

Box office: 91.01 Million Dollar

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