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Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) Rank 5 Reviews
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
It's not as clever as Shrek or as action-packed as Atlantis , but for my money, Dr. Dolittle 2 wins the prize for most charming kid flick of the summer. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
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The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
Entertainment Ave! - The Movie Theater
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Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Entertaining, good-hearted with positive ecological, family, racial, and anti-violence messages which parents must balance against excessive body function and sexual humor. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Variety (Joe Leydon)
Even more family-friendly than its immensely popular predecessor. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Variety (Joe Leydon)
Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Film Monthly (Hank Yuloff)
The Common Guy (Paul Hall)
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Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Dr. Dolittle 2 is a reminder that you can be funny without being edgy, hip without being self-obsessed. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
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Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
What makes the "Dolittle" movies stand out from this menagerie is the superb casting and matching of the animals and their human voices. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Cute, crude and good-hearted movie. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
UpcomingDiscs.com (Jeremy Frost)
FilmHead.com (Matt Heffernan)
filmcritic.com (Max Messier)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"Dr. Dolittle" is a cute, crude and good-hearted movie about a doctor who can talk to the animals--and listen, too, often as they loudly pass gas. It combines the charm of the 1998 movie with the current Hollywood obsession with intestinal tracts, resulti ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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DVD Net (Vince Carrozza)
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WHSmith.co.uk review
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BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
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Entertainment Insiders (Andy Zientek)
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Salon.com (Charles Taylor)
The good-natured silliness of it all kept me laughing. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Salon.com (Charles Taylor)
Gorilla Pants (Melissa Prusi)
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
MovieMaze (Thomas Straßer)
Popkorn Junkie's Review of Dr. Dolittle 2
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Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Anchorage Press (Brenda Sokolowski)
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Philadelphia City Paper (Ryan Godfrey)
Reel.com (Tor Thorsen)
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New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Pure situation comedy, and it's still fresh enough to provoke laughs. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
USA TODAY
It's the kind of material that is either going to make your day or not. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at USA TODAY
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
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Blunt Review with Emily Blunt
Empire Magazine (Ian Freer)
A likeable, sporadically funny movie that will satisfy the less demanding tot. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Empire Magazine (Ian Freer)
The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Mr. Murphy is not given much to do in this sloppy, good-hearted sequel, so he graciously allows himself to be upstaged by all manner of animatronic, celebrity-voiced talking animals. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Offers benign Darwinian amusement for young animal lovers and parents in search of 90 minutes of air-conditioning. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
... mixes low comedy with important messages about family and the environment. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
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Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
Brings bite as well as bark to the funnier sequel. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
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Entertainment Weekly (Ty Burr)
Murphy gives a reined in performance that, every so often, shows a spark of the ''Shrek''ish donkey within. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Ty Burr)
FilmHead.com
Basically, kids should love it, and adults should tolerate it, and even enjoy its highlights. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at FilmHead.com
Apollo Movie Guide (Brian Webster)
Eddie Murphy is back as the doctor who talks with animals, this time working with the beasts of a local forest who are trying to save their homes from a nasty forest company kingpin, who’s planning on clear cutting them out of house and home. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Apollo Movie Guide (Brian Webster)
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Boxoffice Magazine
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Movie Mom's review
It really is a shame, because Eddie Murphy is just great as Dr. Dolittle, content to be the straight man to an adorable assortment of wise-cracking animals. And the story is a cute one. It's a twist on the old classic "Born Free." Dolittle needs to ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Movie Mom's review
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Historia totalmente intrascendente y sin gracia... ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
When watching an Eddie Murphy film, do you want to see him play straight man to a bunch of animals? Didn't think so. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
A humorous, if somewhat slight and trivial, comedy. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
About the most positive comment I can offer about Dr. Dolittle 2 is that it's not as painful to endure as its 1998 predecessor, Dr. Dolittle. Unlike the earlier Eddie Murphy effort about the M.D. who can talk with animals, the second installment makes no ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
They should have called it Dr. Doo-Doo . ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Unlike most sequels, this is better than the original. There is an actual plot, and the animals are funnier. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Hollywood.com (--)
Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
TV Guide (Frank Lovece)
Overall it's a funny film, but parents should decide if the anti-gay and misogynist elements are worth the laughs. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at TV Guide (Frank Lovece)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Like most other talking-animal movies, it winds up talking down to its audience. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
New Times (L.A.) (M.V. Moorhead)
It's a modest family comedy, probably fun for kids and reasonably cute, or at least not too insufferable, for most of the grownups who will take them. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at New Times (L.A.) (M.V. Moorhead)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
There's barely a scene in this movie that taps his (Murphy) special brilliance. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
It is the Eddie Murphy movie where Eddie Murphy has next to nothing to do. Do little says it all. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
Village Voice (Jessica Winter)
It's dispiriting to watch him (Murphy) stand patiently by and concoct reaction shots for quipping raccoons and dancing bears. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Village Voice (Jessica Winter)
BBC Films
Kiddie movies may have saved Eddie Murphy's career, but just because they have been popular doesn't mean that they're funny. A point proved admirably by "Dr Dolittle 2", which is well-acted and reasonably well-scripted, but can't let a fart joke pass it ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at BBC Films
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
At its best, Dr. Dolittle 2 is an inoffensive mish-mash of cute talking animals and their somewhat less-than-cute human buddies. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Movie Marshal (Paul Boschen)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Its successful moments (and they are only moments) remind us that this is a squandered opportunity. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
A fast, fat paycheck for star Eddie Murphy. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Daily-Reviews (Brian Matherly)
...both films boil down to Eddie Murphy reacting to wacky dialogue supplied by various cameo-level stars with only the barest semblance of plot to hold it all together. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Daily-Reviews (Brian Matherly)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Frank Lovece)
[O]verall it's a funny film, but parents should decide if the anti-gay and misogynist elements are worth the laughs. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Frank Lovece)
Film Threat (Chris Gore)
The script is lackluster and unambitious. Well, lame really. Eddie Murphy is truly the only reason to see DR2 . ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Film Threat (Chris Gore)
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25frames.org (Christoph Huber)
Comic book fiends are more abundant than one might think, and can be a tad overzealous when their favorite legends are adapted for the big screen. Yes, there is a spectrum for everything. But generally, you have the Purists, who never want it to happen. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at 25frames.org (Christoph Huber)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Best news: over in 87 minutes. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
Too much plot and too much faith in special effects and adolescent humor doom this "Babe" wannabe. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
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Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
It's a terrible picture: ugly and illogical and clumsily staged and peppered with crude, witless humor. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
Murphy has reached a genuine low point. It's a thoroughly insipid, feeble-minded film that all but screams, 'We're only in it for the money.' ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
All that's left are cute animals with animated mouths spitting out fitfully inspired one liners, sophomoric sexual innuendo and enough poop gags to last a lifetime. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Tom Grealis)
Often tedious, occasionally cheap looking and always unimaginative, this should certainly put paid to any plans for a third installment. But, this being Hollywood, I wouldn't bank on it. ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Tom Grealis)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The underdog comedy of little guys (a forest full of critters) battling the heartless corporation about to clearcut their home plays like a Disney "True Life Adventure" by way of "American Pie." The once romanticized mating rituals described in homespun ...read the complete Dr. Dolittle 2 movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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