Dr. Dolittle 2

Eddie Murphy returns as a doctor with a gift for talking to animals in this sequel to a box-office blockbuster. Murphy is John Dolittle, who this time around attempts to save an endangered Pacific forest from lumber industry forces by reintegrating an endangered species of bear back into the wild. ...more

Hilarious scenes involving comic star Eddie Murphy talking to the animals combine with some badly handled subplots, poor transitions, and inane characters to result in a mishmash of a family comedy sequel. The interactions between Murphy and the central zoological figure of the story, a bear named Archie (well voiced by Steve Zahn), are the high-concept spine of the film, and these moments work brilliantly. Trying to provide lessons in machismo and romance to a soft, pampered circus bear, Murphy ...more