From my favorite movies..

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001): Dir: Steve Carr / Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jeffrey Jones, Kevin Pollack, Kyla Pratt, Raven-Symone: Picking up where the first film left off, Dolittle is now a famous doctor who can communicate with animals. He arrives home to discover that his oldest daughter doesn't wish to celebrate her birthday. He promises his family a trip to Europe but ends up answering a call to a forest where a beaver frets about it being cut down. To save it there must be an endangered species and Archie the circus bear is just that. Dolittle must make chemistry between Archie and a female bear but there are those whom are out to sabotage the event. Perhaps they should have sabotaged the entire film. Idiotic conclusion has all the animals banding together against the villains. Director Steve Carr fares okay but creates a film only marginally better than Next Friday. For a film aimed at families one must wonder why all the crude humour. Eddie Murphy does what he can with what amounts to a re-take. Supporting roles certainly don't rise above conventions. It features Jeffrey Jones, Kevin Pollack and Kyla Pratt among others and none of them had anything worth showing up on set for. Murphy even learns that one of his daughters has the gift for gab with animals and she seems more uncomfortable with that than the fact that the film she is in sucks. Fine production given to a screenplay that is in bad need of a doctor. Score: 2 / 10

Now I will admit that I enjoy the first Dr.Dolittle Movie I thought it was a creative and funny movie no telling how many times I watched it.I just found it to be funny from start to finish in the first one now of course it was a highest gross movie that made millions at the box offices so it did something right to give it a sequel. I went and saw this one in theaters as well with my brotherAnd now we have the sequel.Dr.Dolittle 2 is still following the same format as in the first film where Dr.John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) has a gift to speak with the animals as well as being a family man. Lisa Dolitle (Kristen Wilson) Charisse Dolittle (Raven-Symone) and Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt) and their family dog Lucky (Voiced by Norm MacDonald The film also features a cameo of Steve Irwin. The voice cast of the film has Steve Zahn as Archie, Lisa Kudrow as Ava along with many more that are too long to list.Being that I saw this in theater I remember how loud the theater got when everyone was laughing. It just amazing to me how well they did some humor in the film to make it work for the movie goers so that's saying something for those who found this a bad film. Sure it does have it moments that you go really but never the less there are some moments in the film that make you laugh out of control and have to keep in mind this is a family comedy so you would expect nothing lessThe theater was full of laughter and have some good one liners that I still quote today The plot of the film is interesting enough to hold your attention you just have to watch the movie with a open mind to see the treasureI give Dr.Dolittle 2 an 7 out of 10

Oh, my, what a bad, bad sequel. The first Dr. Dolittle with Eddie Murphy was okay, but why they have to always cash in on films is beyond me. Now we have Dr. Dolittle 2, which is a sequel with absolutely no laughs. I know it's for the kids, and if anything, I overrate family films, but this stinker stunk. 1/5 stars. And, using an early '90's SNL quote,(picture of Eddie Murphy behind Weekend Update prop)"Hey, little children, do ya hear that? It's a falling star!"

This one had a lot of potential but got lost along the way in a barrage of gross jokes and toilet humor, and the subplot of Lucky falling in love with the "wolf" could have been a *Perfect* complement to the film's main story.. (Finally, Lucky sits down with the bear and has a serious, heartfelt talk with him about how fortunate he is to have a shot at being with his true love, the wild lady-bear, while Lucky himself will never get to be with the wolf, because he has been domesticated and living the lazy life for so long that he can't survive in the wilderness...The bear sees that he has an opportunity, and that if he doesn't take it, he will end up like the dog. this encourages the bear to try harder at learning the natural life, and gives "Dr. Dolittle 2" some much needed feeling and parallel meaning..) But no... that side story is drowned in a swirl of urine before anything can be accomplished.There are some good scenes in this movie, but some that are equally childish and hard to watch. Overall, I guess it's worth seeing, just don't expect anything really deep.. and it only has a couple of really funny parts in it.Also, there aren't any wolves or grizzly bears living wild in California (there haven't been for like, sixty years), and an opossum is NOT a rodent. (You'd think a vet would know that!)