Dr. Dolittle is a 1998 comedy movie starring Eddie Murphy as the titular character, Dr. John Dolittle. The movie follows the story of a successful and self-centered physician who discovers that he has ...

In contemporary Hollywood’s greedy, mindless vandalizing of the past, few literary figures have been subjected to such lowbrow perversion as Hugh Lofting’s portly gentleman physician, Dr. Dolittle.

Even more family-friendly than its popular predecessor -- and conspicuously less raunchy than the "Nutty Professor" comedies --"Dr. Dolittle 2" has all the symptoms of a smash hit. With Eddie Murphy ...