Reviews

• Director Betty Thomas demonstrates her expertise at keeping indulgence at bay in even the coarsest of comic situations.

  Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly
  
  19 January 2013

• Too many adults have a tendency to confuse bad taste with evil influences; it's hard for them to see that the activities in "Doctor Dolittle,'' while rude and vulgar, are not violent or anti-social. The movie will not harm anyone.

  Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times
  
  19 January 2013

• There is the language to consider, but despite the film's slow start, small children should take to the idea of communicating with animals.

  - The New York Times
  
  19 January 2013

• Dr. Dolittle does do a lot of stuff right.

  Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
  
  19 January 2013

• A complete waste of time and potential.

  Kenneth Turan - Los Angeles Times
  
  19 January 2013