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Dr. Dolittle

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Critics' Reviews

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Movie Title
Avg. Score
1.
The Princess and the Frog
3.
Invictus
5.
Disney?s A Christmas Carol
7.
49
90
NewsWeek: Veronica Chambers
Dr. Dolittle is a zoo-and a blast. [6 July 1998, p. 67]Read Full Review »
83
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Director Betty Thomas demonstrates her expertise at keeping indulgence at bay in even the coarsest of comic situations.Read Full Review »
75
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Too many adults have a tendency to confuse bad taste with evil influences; it's hard for them to see that the activities in "Doctor Dolittle,'' while rude and vulgar, are not violent or anti-social. The movie will not harm anyone.Read Full Review »
70
Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
A weird delight.Read Full Review »
60
The New York Times: Suzanne O'Connor
There is the language to consider, but despite the film's slow start, small children should take to the idea of communicating with animals.Read Full Review »
50
USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
Dr. Dolittle does do a lot of stuff right. [ 26 June 1998, p. 12 E]Read Full Review »
38
ReelViews: James Berardinelli
It's 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 Full Review »
30
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
A complete waste of time and potential.Read Full Review »
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