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The film opens with a young John Dolittle living in 1960s Louisiana. He has a unique ability: he can hear animals talking. But after a traumatic incident involving a drowning dog (and a horrific screaming session with his father, played by Ossie Davis), young John psychologically shuts down his gift.
Released in the late 90s, the film stands on the precipice of the CGI revolution. While modern audiences are used to entirely computer-generated creatures, Dr. Dolittle relies heavily on real, trained animals with digital effects used only to manipulate their mouths. This gives the film a tactile quality that has aged better than many early CGI blockbusters. The animals feel real because, mostly, they are. dr dolittle 1998
The genius of the casting lies in Eddie Murphy’s restraint. Unlike his bombastic roles in Beverly Hills Cop or The Nutty Professor , Murphy plays Dolittle as a tightly wound straight man. He is the only human character who does not treat the situation as absurd. The comedy arises not from Murphy acting silly, but from his deadpan exasperation as a parrot insults his taste in ties or a dog explains its libido. This performance anchors the fantasy; we believe John is horrified because Murphy plays him as a rational pragmatist. The surrounding animals—voiced by a stellar cast including Chris Rock (the hyperactive guinea pig Rodney), John Leguizamo (the emotional rat), and Norm Macdonald (the deadpan dog Lucky)—act as the unfiltered id, saying everything that civilized society represses. The film opens with a young John Dolittle
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