Review of DVD "Doolittle"


Review of the DVD Dolittle starring Robert Downey, Jr., Tom Holland, Salena Gomez, and Michael Sheen

Dolittle did little for me.  There you have it.  What more needs to be said?  Much, because this movie was a huge disappointment.  From the time my daughters and I saw the trailer in December we were looking forward to when it would come to the big screen.  Both want to be zoologists when they grow up.  This movie not only has a doctor who “talks to the animals” but has animals, thanks to recent innovations in the technical world, who appear to be talking back to the good doctor.  What better movie for us to take in as a family of future zoologists? 
But my two future zoologists gave up on the movie once the novelty of the talking animals wore off.  I was left alone on the couch watching a movie that kept getting increasingly tedious.  I finally turned it off.  Done with the predictable plot.  Done with the overblown acting.  Even done with the precocious, little squirrel.  Done.  Done.  Done.  And perturbed that I did not wait until the library was open again to get this foolish film for free, rather than be out the two bucks by going to Redbox.  That two bucks could have gone towards buying a lottery ticket.  The Powerball jackpot is $325 million right now!  Which is almost twice of what it cost to make this movie!
Perhaps my expectations were too high.  I have enjoyed watching Robert Downey, Jr. in his Ironman role.  Tom Holland has become my favorite Spiderman.  The two of them playing off one another in the Avengers series, especially the last two films Infinity War and Endgame, was “super”.  Having them together again would be reminiscent of having Paul Newman and Robert Redford together again in The Sting after they both died at the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.  Both of those were memorable movies.  Infinity War and Endgame are memorable movies as well.  Dolittle is best forgotten for the sake of both Robert Downy, Jr.’s and Tom Holland’s careers.
Yes, Dolittle did little for me.  I suspect it would do the same for you.  If you and your family have a hankering to see a doctor who talks to animals, it would be better for you to check out the original Doctor Dolittle with Rex Harrison.  Up for three academy awards in 1967 and winning for best song, “Talk to the Animals,” it will do more for you and any future zoologists you may have in your home. 

Reviewed by Richard Dick, Library Assistant, O’Kelly Memorial Library    



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