A doctor's reawakened childhood gift for animal conversation creates whimsical, feel-good family comedy.
Big broad humor. A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Disney+.
No sex or nudity and mild language, about what a PG-13 should carry.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
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A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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