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Read from 50 comments (47 from Metacritic, 3 from TMDB reviews) — 10 of them described how it moves.
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“you just watch the whole thing expressionlessly without a shred of tension”
famfacat · Metacritic ↗
“The boredom increases as the film goes on, which falls more and more into the ridiculous and nonsensical.”
BM7 · Metacritic ↗
“entertains for a solid hour and a half”
Voodoo123 · Metacritic ↗
“it ultimately seemed like a mish-mash of random overly-done scenes right up until the bitter end!”
Iamcritical86 · Metacritic ↗
“i fell asleep after 15 minutes”
dlcatalin · Metacritic ↗
“the so called 'climax' of the film. It is not as bad as it sounds, yet it reeks of desperation by the film makers, who are at this point throw everything but the kitchen sink to make this film 'work'. It didn't.”
dharma · Metacritic ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 83% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.
“For a fun time to dispel the gloom of January, Dolittle is just what the doctor ordered.”
Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times · 75
“For all its lumpen, awkward narrative and sometimes less-than-dazzling CGI, there's a peculiarly endearing and vibrant heart to Dolittle, and his name is Robert Downey Jr. It may be the closest he's ever come to channeling the surrealist instincts of his father, embracing Downey Sr.'s willingness to swim in the absurd.”
Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle · 67
“The 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.”
Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly · 58
“Characters go from one place to the next with no explanation and no second thought, and even single scenes play out as if someone attacked the reel of film with a pair of scissors.”
Karen Han, Polygon · 51
“It'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.”
Molly Freeman, Screen Rant · 50
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it plays better than it reviews — critics 21, the watch 52
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“you just watch the whole thing expressionlessly without a shred of tension”
famfacatabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“The boredom increases as the film goes on, which falls more and more into the ridiculous and nonsensical.”
BM7about 33–100% inread it ↗
“entertains for a solid hour and a half”
Voodoo123about 0–75% inread it ↗
“it ultimately seemed like a mish-mash of random overly-done scenes right up until the bitter end!”
Iamcritical86about 75–100% inread it ↗
“If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com We have all watched the Dolittle movies starring Eddie Murphy. I'm not going to lie, I was never a fan of these films. Yes, they're purposefully dumb, innocent, and feature that basic level of comedy. They never annoyed me, but they also never did anything remarkably surprising. 2020's version of the known tale is the first post-MCU role of Robert Downey Jr., it boasts an A-list cast, and… it's o”
Manuel São Bentoread it ↗
“A weird watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be closer to the books, or if Disney was just fed up with having wonderful magic in their products, but having Dolittle act out animal behavior in order to communicate to the them really ruins the vibe, as well as making it something you can learn makes it incredibly unremarkable. It should just be something people teach in this movie's universe. Robert Downey Jr., despite claiming he wants”
Kamurairead it ↗
“So pointless, so bad. The one solace of praise I have for <em>'Dolittle'</em> is that it at least mixes things up compared to the Eddie Murphy remake, as well as potentially the 1967 original - though I haven't seen that, but this sounds a little different based on '67's synopsis. This film wastes a fantastic cast list. Robert Downey Jr. is of course the lead, but there are also notable appearances from the likes of Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen and Jim Broadbent - as well as voice roles”
r96skread it ↗
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