26
Metascore
46 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattThe film is so eager to please, so relentlessly quippy and quirky and tipped with antic whimsy, it often feels like visiting a zoo built into a Tilt-A-Whirl.
- 50Screen RantMolly FreemanScreen RantMolly FreemanIt's fun enough to keep audiences mostly entertained for its hour and 45 minute runtime, but there's nothing particularly memorable to latch onto - not the CGI animals, not the fantasy world and not even Downey Jr's performance.
- 42IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe studio did its best to taxidermy this mess into something presentable, but it’s hard to make a Doctor Dolittle movie if you can’t even understand the parable of the scorpion and the frog.
- 40The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeIt’s ultimately a miracle that despite the tortured production process, Dolittle can most generously be described as passable for young, undiscerning viewers. It won’t charm or amuse you particularly but it’s not a catastrophe, the highest praise I can muster.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreSheen and Banderas make their characters fun, but they’re the only ones.
- 25Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithDolittle’s inability to completely develop any of its characters reduces the film to all pomp and no circumstance.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperWe have the first serious contender for Wasted Opportunity of the Decade.
- 10ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerAn unpleasant, incoherent mess that feels like it was stitched together from outtakes and reshoots of something that used to look totally different.