Heading into its opening weekend, 'Dolittle' has been so widely panned by critics that the conservative $20 million to $25 million debut analysts had predicted could shrink even lower.
The $20 million to $25 million debut analysts had predicted could shrink even lower this weekend.
Instead, heading into its opening weekend, the film has been so widely panned by critics that the conservative $20 million to $25 million debut analysts had predicted could shrink even lower. "Ultimately 'Dolittle' is not just a weak story, badly told, but a puzzling waste of talent," Kristen Page-Kirby, writer for The Washington Post, said of the film.
However, even if "Dolittle" garners the top end of its expected opening, $25 million would be a disappointing haul considering it cost $175 million just to make the film, and that's not even including its marketing budget. Page-Kirby gave the film zero stars, citing Downey's performance as alternating "between dull and manic" and a plot that is so frenetic that it loses all sense of suspense or intrigue."As for the animation, it's fine in close-up, but whenever a CGI critter appears in the same frame as a human being, man and beast don't seem to be occupying the same screen," she wrote. "Or planet. Or dimensional reality.
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