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Dolittle
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After the death of his beloved wife (Kasia Smutniak) and hiding behind the barriers of his plush English estate in the 1800s in this funny, family-friendly, entertaining, predictable, star-dotted (Jim Broadbent, Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, and Ralph Ineson), 106-minute comedy highlighted by wonderful cinematography, scenery, sets, and special effects and based on Hugh Lofting's The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, a despondent, widowed veterinarian and animal whisperer (Robert Downey Jr.), who can speak with animals (voiceovers by Ralph Fiennes, Tom Holland, Marion Cotillard, Selena Gomez, Jason Mantzoukas, and Frances de la Tour), goes on an high seas adventure with a stowaway apprentice (Harry Collett) and his loyal exotic menagerie, including a wise macaw (voiceover by Emma Thompson), a fearful gorilla (voiceover by Rami Malek), a bashlyk-wearing polar bear (voiceover by John Cena), an ostrich (voiceover by Kumail Nanjiani), a recovering squirrel (voiceover by Craig Robinson), and a metal-leg duck (voiceover by Octavia Spencer), to find the mysterious, magical fruit on a faraway mythical island in a desperate attempt to save the poisoned queen (Jessica Buckley).

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Year:
2020
Rating:
 PG
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