Dr. Dolittle 2 | | Cast : | Eddie Murphy | | Director : | Steve Carr (III) | | Studio : | Twentieth Century Fox | | Format : | Color, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Dolby | | Released Date : | June 22, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | September 02, 2003 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | March 21, 2005 | | Summary | Cute! Very Cute! | Content
 | I suppose this was not as entertaining as the first Dr.Dolittle but we certainly enjoyed it. Haven't you ever wondered what animals would say if they could talk? It's always fun to imagine that and as with the first you get to hear them.
It's funny and I liked the bears; I thought they were adorable.
The acting was good, as was the storyline and bringing in some human interest, such as problems with the doctors daughter was great. All in all we enjoyed this movie and think you will as well.
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| Rating | | | Date | February 19, 2005 | | Summary | Extremely Disappointing | Content
| 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. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 23, 2004 | | Summary | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Content
| Absolutely hilarious! Eddie at his best and the animals are superb! A must-see follow up to Dr. Dolittle! Add it to your collection for years of laughs! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 31, 2003 | | Summary | Great Sequel | Content
| Dr. Dolittle 2 unlike most sequels was quite entertaining and fun to watch.
In Dr. Doolittle 2, Dr. Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) is now well known for his ability to talk to animals. Early on, a gang of local forest critters request Dr. Dolittle's help in saving their forest from a lumber company. Doolittles wife (Kristen Wilson) is an attorney and agrees to work on the case. They secure a deal that if Dr. Dolittle can successfully integrate a pair of endangered Pacific bears into the forest within 30 days, the forest will be spared. Unfortunately the only bachelor Pacific bear is a circus bear named Archie who sings better than he hunts.
The entire Dolittle family leaves for a cabin in the woods so the Dr. can be close by to help Archie.
Archie is hillarous and perfect as a forest misfit with a mission.
There's lots of verbal interaction with animals throughout the movie but it seemed at times like Dr. D was looking into the distance when interacting with forest inhabitants.
Although Eddie Murphy is usually quite funny, his antics are not always appropriate for young children. I thought Dr. Doolittle 2 rating of PG was appropriate and most families would enjoy watching.
The ending might suggest another sequel, and if as good as the second will be worth seeing. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 26, 2003 | | Summary | contaminating the minds of America's youth | Content
| As a sixteen year old watching Doctor Dolittle 2, I was expecting to see a movie full of good clean fun for kids. Unfortunately, all I saw were the openly expressed politics aimed at molding young minds into a very liberal way of thinking. Doctor Dolittle was undoubtably concocted by liberals to further their environmental agenda. If you are skeptical, let me give you a brief outline of the movie. First, we see a doctor who can talk to animals. This skill comes in handy when the doctor is consulted by animals concerned about the fact that their homes are being destroyed by evil lumber companies. The good doctor agrees to help fight for the animals in order to save their homes. To accomplish this task, Doctor Dolittle must mate two endangered bears in the forest. If the two bears have cubs, then the evil industrialists would be forced to abandon their ambitions.
And so despite the attempts by those sinister developers to sabatage the doctor's plans, he mates the bears and the forest is saved. At one point, when the animals organize, a developer actually says "I have fought the Democrats, so I can fight animals." Could the producers make it any more obvious that the developers are Republicans? And would it be racist to point out that all the "good guys" are black and all of the "bad guys" are wealthy whites? This movie is politics aimed at young children, and references to them are not at all subtle. Does the movie ever once mention how stupid it is to halt harvest of an entire forest in order to save two bears? Does it touch on the fact that wood is an extremely valuable resource that must be harvested for the survival of America? Does it speak of the jobs that will be lost in the lumber companies due to the setback? Of course not. This movie just goes to show how liberal Hollywood really is. If your family is on the left of the political spectrum, you should love this movie. If not, the movie wouldn't be worth the price of the shipping. |
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