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Summary: JUST FUN!!!
Review: I really think it's a great film, much better than Dr Dolittle 1. More laugh and funny characters. Simply, it's a must see movie for every one in the family.
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Summary: THE DR .IS BACK...
Review: The second instalment maintains the fun & amsument of the first.This is a pro-enverment movie. It's focus is the presavation of a particular forrest in Califorina.Too do this a moffia stlye beaver sends a oppossuim & racoon too Dr.Dolittles home in San Fran.He is challenged bye a judge too introduce a breed of brown bear into the wild,So that it can mate with a female of the same breed.The only one of her kind in the forrest.The dr-finds Archie-a show bear.Can Dolittle unhousebreak Archie ? In time too save the woodland critters;From a logging/development company. The Cgi used for the animals mouth is very good.The animal protest is funny & Steve Erwins cameo is - well - bad news for Steve.Kids &Adults @ the 1pm show were laughing throughout.There is something in this movie for everyone. This summers movie fun starts with the DR!
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Summary: Dr. Dolittle 2
Review: This is a very good movie and has a lot of funny stuff in it. It is a story of a man who can talk to animals. He goes on vacation and has a fight with his sixteen year old daughter. He finds out that they are going to cut down the woods for lumber. So he needs to put an endangered spececs into the woods. He gets a sing and dance bear that has never lived in the woods. He tries to get a bear in the woods that is the same kind as "Archie" (the bear). It is a very good movie, especially for mid aged kids around 9-14 because there are a lot of jokes that would be over younger kids heads. So its a good movie to go see or rent on a rainy day, it is better than the first one. It is nothing special though.
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Summary: "Dr. Dolittle" runs out of jokes
Review: "If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals". These were the words of the original Dr. Dolittle (Rex Harrison) in a very original film. It had people asking the question: what would it be like to talk to another species? Fast forward to the 90's, which was a decade where many remakes were being released, such as "The Parent Trap" and "The Nutty Professor". Like these films, "Dr. Dolittle" had many differences from the original but still had the basic story to go on. When making a sequel to a remake, the filmakers have to go out on their own in creating a new story and they no longer have the advantage that they had with the original. It is possible to create a new story that can live up to the original but that did not happen with "Dr. Dolitle 2". In the 1998 "Dr. Dolittle", Eddie Murphy had to adjust to his life of talking to the animals but in this one he is well established as a world famous veterinarian. He runs his own animal clinic complete with therepy for dogs without owners. He is requested by a mob comprised of animals to help save their forrest which is being destroyed by deforresters. He agrees to help, but the only hope that he has is to mate two endangered bears together which will keep the forrest protected. Therefore he will teach the circus bear Archie(Steve Zahn) to become dominant and to be able to survive in the forrest in order to win over the fellow bear. This is easier said than done, with Archie not even knowing to pick his head up from the water when he can't breathe. This movie has a few jokes, but like most films such as this, it fills in the gaps with jokes about bodily functions. I also read the list of stars who used their voices in this film and frankly, I did not notice half of them. Eddie Murphy does a good job but does not get to show off his skills which were shown in "Bowfinger" and in "The Nutty Professor". Young kids may have a good time watching this movie but adults will be squirming in their seats...
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Summary: The Doctor is Back in Town...
Review: Another special FX master piece from the Rhythm and Hues Studios. Dr. Dolittle 2 is a great family film. Everyone in your household will love the funny story with many crazy characters, like joey the racoon. He's a tough guy and he's not going to take any trouble, or the big guy, Beaver. He's large in charge to protect his home land. This would be a great movie to take your family to or a date! And just remember, "When the beaver offers you a fish, you take the fish!"
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Summary: Fun to watch
Review: When I heard about the storyline to "Dr. Dolittle 2", I couldn't help but laugh and decide before I even thought about watching it, that it wouldn't be as good as the original. I mean, how can a film in which Dr. Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) is now settled in his role with talking to the animals, and one in which he has to find a way to get a circus bear and a normal female bear in the woods (both the same endangered species) to breed in order to keep the entire forest from being cut down, be a good movie? But alas, "Dr. Dolittle 2" proved me wrong. It takes it awhile to get going, but once it does, the laughs keep on coming. Like the Amazon.com review says, this movie is geared mostly toward kids, but it can at least be very entertaining to adults as well. For instance, in one part of the movie, an offer is made from the human enemies to the animals. Deciding that the offer was blahful, a raccoon (one of the animals' spokesmen) walks over and urinates on the paper. Dr. Dolittle himself then says "I think that's a no. Maybe a hell no." That was hilarious. And there are a few other parts and lines in "Dr. Dolittle 2" that will have you laughing your blank off, whether you're 10 or 100. There are also a few dramatic side quests that the great Dr. Dolittle will have to deal with in his quest to save a habitat. Whether it's the drama or the comedy, "Dr. Dolittle 2" works, overall. It might not have the magic or the originality of the blockbuster original, but I'd say that it's just as good, if not better, than the original. What I mostly look for when I'm watching a comedy movie is how funny it is, and "Dr. Dolittle 2" is just that, funny.
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Summary: Extremely Disappointing
Review: I love Eddie Murphy, and I loved Dr. Doolittle! The previews of Dr. D II looked so funny, I couldn't wait to see it. Well, I just saw it, and my mind has still not recovered.
Dr. Doolittle 2 is one of the worst films I have ever seen. The story and dialouge are so mind-numbing, even the animated Murphy and Raven Symone, who plays his teenage daughter, couldn't salvage it. The story revolves around Dr. Doolittle trying to save the patch of forest behind his house from a land-hungry developer. To do this, Doolittle must rehab a tame bear and make him wild, because this bear is an endangered species, and if he lives in the forest, the developer can't touch it. Sounds kind of cute . . . it's not.
The bear acts and sounds like a washed up Vegas lounge singer. His whiny voice (Steve Zahn) is so annoying that even I, a passionate animal lover, could not summon a shred of sympathy for this bear. And talk about long. This whole thin storyline is dragged out for ninety minutes until I writhed in pain. And the other animals! A sad, alcoholic French monkey, a chamelon with a horrible Mexican accent, and an abusive bear and his passive female bear. When the bear is not whining, a dog is narrating the whole film in another nasal, bland voice with HORRIBLE dialouge.
A subplot involves his daughter rebelling and liking a boyfriend who is a complete idiot, is dropped off by a pizza delivery car and asks to stay two nights. Murphy actually acquieses. What an intelligent, lovely girl like Raven would see in this sorry homie is completely unbelievable.
It is hard to believe people (and animals) are going hungry when millions were wasted on this fart of a film. It seemed like the voice actors were embarrased to be saying such stupid dialouge, and that the animal actors were embarrased to be acting such stupid roles - and I don't blame them.
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Summary: Dr. Dolittle 2
Review: This is another Family friendly movie, that my 3 littlest ones just didn't take to. About have way through, 2 of the 3 were asking to put on Homeward bound instead. There was a lot I liked about this movie, but my family voted with their feet and remote control. They are 6 to 10 years old.
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Summary: Dr.D2
Review: The sequel to the very popular DR DOOLITTLE delivers again in DR DOOLITTLE 2. Eddie Murphy and Norm McDonald return in this great family comedy. You can bet that there are more great laughs and again that same cute comedy is in this one. John Doolittle (Murphy) now a world renowned medical doctor for both humans and animals is called to action because an endangered species of bears is becoming more at risk. It's up to Dr Doolittle to find a perfect mating pair and get them to mate. He has one problem though, the male bear that he finds is Archie (Steve Zahn) and he's been in captivity all his life and doesn't know anything about living in the wild. It's up to Dr Doolittle and Lucky (Norm McDonald) to teach Archie the ropes so that he can become a wild bear and mate with a female. I thought that this one had it's share of laughs. The little iguana is really funny and Archie the bear is pretty funny too. Plus the rest of the animals in the forest are pretty funny. My only problem is that as usual, a ferret is portraying a weasel. Although ferrets are very closely related to them, It was a bit silly on why they didn't just get a weasel. And a cameo by the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin doesn't hurt. This is another great family comedy that kids will love not only for the animals but because it has a lot of child related comedy and adults will laugh at this one too. Check out DR DOOLITTLE 2 and don't forget to get DR DOOLITTLE!
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Summary: THEY SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE...
Review: This is a moderately entertaining film that is fun for the whole family. It features Eddie Murphy as Dr. Dolittle, reprising his original role. This time Dr. Doolittle displays an interest in environmental issues, as he tries to save the forest by playing matchmaker between Ava, a bear in the wild, and Archie, a circus bear who has gotten soft and is trying to get used to living in the wild. Ultimately, Dr. Dolittle is victorious over the corporate expansionists who sought to decimate the forest.
There are some very amusing moments with the animals. There are also some funny moments as Dr. Dolittle tries to cope with his sixteen year old daughter just being a teenager. Much to his delight and surprise, however, it turns out that she appears to have inherited his unique ability to communicate with animals. Still, this film is simply not as good as the prequel.
This DVD provides picure perfect visuals, as well as excellent sound. The disc also has some nice extra features, such as a kid's guide to grizzlies and the director's commentary. This is a value packed DVD.
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