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Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
Official DVD cover
Directed by Craig Shapiro
Screenplay by Matt Lieberman
Kathleen Laccinole
Story byMatt Lieberman
Based onThe stories of Hugh Lofting
Produced by John Davis
Brian Manis
Starring
CinematographyRon Stannett
Edited byMichael Trent
Music byDon Macdonald
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date
  • March 4, 2008 (2008-03-04)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief (also known as Dr. Dolittle 4) is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Craig Shapiro and starring Kyla Pratt and Norm Macdonald. It is the fourth film in the Dr. Dolittle series.

Like its predecessor, Dr. Dolittle 3 in 2006, it was released direct to DVD as well, on March 4, 2008. It is also the second film in the series not to feature Eddie Murphy as Doctor Dolittle, or Raven-Symoné as Charisse Dolittle, although Doctor Dolittle was mentioned in the film. The role of Lisa Dolittle, originally played by Kristen Wilson, is now played by Karen Holness.

Plot

Maya Dolittle is the girl who can talk to animals; so can her older sister Charisse Dolittle and father John Dolittle. John is away on animal expeditions while Charisse is in college. When the President asks for him to help with the Presidential dog and save an African forest, Maya takes her father's place. The dog Daisy has a very hot temper but after a lot of trouble, they begin to get along.

At a dinner with the prince and princess of the kingdom that the forest is located in, things are going well until they suddenly take a turn for the worse. With the help of animals, Maya finds out Chief Dorian was sabotaging the prince to shut down the forest and make millions. He is arrested and the forest is saved.

Cast

Voice cast

Production

The film's visual effects were supervised by the former head of Industrial Light & Magic's animation department, Wes Takahashi. [2] The estimated budget for this film is about $6,000,000. [3][ better source needed]

Release

Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief was released on DVD on March 4, 2008. [1] It placed 15th for copies sold that week and was priced for $26.98. [4]

Reception

Critical response

Film critic Kevin Carr gave the film a two and a half stars out of 5. [5] Common Sense Media awarded it with three out of five stars. [6] Sloan Freer of Radio Times gave it 2 out of 5 and called it "a sporadically amusing mix of gunge-heavy slapstick, mild adolescent angst and the usual simplistic life lessons". [7]

References

  1. ^ a b Mavis (February 20, 2008). "Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief". DVDTalk.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2021. The cast is anonymous (tellingly, comedian Norm MacDonald, who I believe has voiced Lucky the Dog in all the Dolittle films, is unbilled here again...
  2. ^ "Subject: Wes Ford Takahashi". Animators' Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024724/?ref_=nv_sr_1 [ user-generated source]
  4. ^ https://global-factiva-com/ [ dead link]
  5. ^ Kevin Carr (4 March 2008). "'Dr. Dolittle: Tail To The Chief' DVD Review". Fat Guys at the Movies.
  6. ^ Nancy Davis Kho (27 December 2008). "Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief - Movie Review". Common Sense Media.
  7. ^ Sloan Freer. "Dr Dolittle: Tail to the Chief – review | cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

External links

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