Not even a decent performance from Richard Attenborough can save this disappointing production.
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05/12/08
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:1
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 32 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: A musical about an English doctor who becomes disillusioned with human beings and travels off to commune with the birds and the beasts. After learning 468 animal languages, he sets off to find the... [More]
Starring: Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Peter Bull
Director: Richard Fleischer
Reviews for Doctor Dolittle
1 - 5 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticDoctor Dolittle might be a little woolly at times but it's impossible not to be impressed by Rex Harrison and his marvellous menagerie.
05/12/08
Top Critic[It] almost bankrupted the studio when audiences stayed away in droves. In retrospect, it's not hard to see why.
01/26/06
Top CriticLeslie Bricusse's adaptation retains the delightful aspects while taking considerable liberty with the plot. His music and lyrics, while containing no smash hits, are admirably suited to the scenario.
05/12/08
Top CriticThe music is not exceptional, the rendering of the songs lacks variety, and the pace, under Richard Fleischer's direction, is slow and without surprise. Indeed, toward the end it is perfunctory. Things happen mechanically.
05/09/05
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