Dr. Dolittle

A man who talks to animals because a cartoonish childhood quirk never left. After a career as a human doctor, he’s summoned by an urgent health crisis in the animal kingdom, sparking a household of interspecies chaos. It’s a noisy, sugar-rush take on a once-beloved myth.

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Betty Thomas directed Dr. Dolittle in 1998. See Betty Thomas's full filmography, where to start with Betty Thomas, or where to go after you've seen everything by Betty Thomas.

Dr. Dolittle was released in 1998 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 85 minutes.