Dr. Dolittle 2
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 22, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
14
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
VarietyJoe Leydon
Even more family-friendly than its immensely popular predecessor. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
What makes the "Dolittle" movies stand out from this menagerie is the superb casting and matching of the animals and their human voices. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
Wholesome entertainment that will please the under-10 crowd without boring their parents.
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Cute, crude and good-hearted movie. Read full review
70
SalonCharles Taylor
The good-natured silliness of it all kept me laughing. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Cleaner, cuter animal antics.
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
It's warmer and fuzzier than the first film, though every bit as tedious.
63
USA TodayMike Clark
It's the kind of material that is either going to make your day or not. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Pure situation comedy, and it's still fresh enough to provoke laughs. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Mr. Murphy is not given much to do in this sloppy, good-hearted sequel, so he graciously allows himself to be upstaged by all manner of animatronic, celebrity-voiced talking animals. Read full review
60
Washington PostRita Kempley
Brings bite as well as bark to the funnier sequel. Read full review
60
Mr. ShowbizCody Clark
Murphy's second outing as the M.D. who talks to the animals is surprisingly engaging.
58
Entertainment WeeklyTy Burr
Murphy gives a reined in performance that, every so often, shows a spark of the ''Shrek''ish donkey within. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
Overall it's a funny film, but parents should decide if the anti-gay and misogynist elements are worth the laughs. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
A tired, cobbled-together concoction.
50
Village VoiceJessica Winter
It's dispiriting to watch him (Murphy) stand patiently by and concoct reaction shots for quipping raccoons and dancing bears. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
It is the Eddie Murphy movie where Eddie Murphy has next to nothing to do. Do little says it all. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
The best that the good doctor (Murphy) can do, encumbered as he is by Larry Levin's screenplay and its low joke quotient, is discipline the dog, lay into the lizard and shtick it to the bear. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
There's barely a scene in this movie that taps his (Murphy) special brilliance. Read full review
50
New Times (L.A.)M.V. Moorhead
It's a modest family comedy, probably fun for kids and reasonably cute, or at least not too insufferable, for most of the grownups who will take them. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Its successful moments (and they are only moments) remind us that this is a squandered opportunity. Read full review
40
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Alleged family fun. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
At its best, Dr. Dolittle 2 is an inoffensive mish-mash of cute talking animals and their somewhat less-than-cute human buddies. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Ever so slightly defective in the area of coherence; it plays as if it should have been written by a committee but they didn't bother to convene one.
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Best news: over in 87 minutes. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Too much plot and too much faith in special effects and adolescent humor doom this "Babe" wannabe. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It's a terrible picture: ugly and illogical and clumsily staged and peppered with crude, witless humor. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
All that's left are cute animals with animated mouths spitting out fitfully inspired one liners, sophomoric sexual innuendo and enough poop gags to last a lifetime. Read full review
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