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Release Date: Jun 26, 1998; Rated: PG-13; Length: 85 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Kids & Family; With: Eddie Murphy
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
As a natty San Francisco physician who's none too thrilled to find he has the ability to talk to animals, Eddie Murphy has his talent contained in a very small space: He plays the reactive straight man to a bunch of winged and furry wisenheimers. But the animals themselves -- including a bullying dog (Norm Macdonald), a kibitzing guinea pig (Chris Rock), and a morose tiger (Albert Brooks) -- are raunchily funny. And director Betty Thomas demonstrates her expertise at keeping indulgence at bay in even the coarsest of comic situations.
Posted Jul 17, 1998
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