Dolittle

This nothingness doesn't even have the good grace to be a bad movie. The low-point of every single career involved.

Dolittle ought to have ... done less.

It's symptomatic of an awkward, unwieldy movie that has lots of material to show you and lots of surface distractions, but nothing at all to say.

The animals are not funny - not even for younger viewers - or even interesting.

The terrible script, the terrible visuals, the dull plot... the fact that at 101 minutes it really tested the patience, it is shockingly poor.

It really is horribly inert, and every time Downey opens his mouth to say something unintelligible, the film dies a bit more.

All in all, Dolittle is a massive fail at all levels. It was meant to be one of the worst movies of the year, and it undoubtedly accomplished this goal.

It's not hilarious but it is cheerful, good to look at, and has surely at least managed a pass.

Not even Robert Downey Jr. hamming it up and acting eccentric and weird is enough to rescue this new adaptation of The Story of Doctor Dolittle from the dregs of awfulness. Director Stephen Gaghan struggles with bringing this type of material to life.

While “Dolittle” might be a slightly better movie than Harrison’s mess, it’s still hard not to see this as a sad case of history repeating itself.