I have always loved the 1998 first film as it was a movie i watched over & over on video & grew up watching the comic genius Eddie Murphy.
This sequel is a fun flick with a nice ensemble cast of voice actors like Steve Zhan, Michael Rapaport & Lisa Kudrow among others, & i liked the new setting in the woods & the save the forest theme that is so relevant & is a timeless real life threat & tragedy, in that respect of the forest under threat it feels a little bit darker than the first film. Doolittle goes to a forest to help the wild life & introduce a Captivity released Bear named "Archie" voiced by Steve Zahn, into the wild forest to mate with a female wild bear named "Ava" voiced by Lisa Kudrow, in order to save the forest & the species, IT'S a good story & a meaningful one. Murphy is on top form again as the Doc & seems to be enjoying himself here, there's lots of recognisable voice cameos & familiar animals from the first like Lucky the dog is back & telling the story.
It's still a nice sweet family friendly film with lots of special effects & Animal fun but i like the first film still better & i felt some of the charm & magic was missing in this sequel & it wasn't as fun & feelgood as the first, Maybe because it was directly by someone else? Not sure but it's missing something.
It was nice that the whole Doolittle family are back played by the same actors, so it's a good follow up film & decent sequel just not as good as that '98 Classic.
I also like the "Murphy Movie" connections like the fact Michael Rapaport voiced the Racoon here & he was starred as Eddie Murphy's Cop partner in the Action Thriller "Metro" from 1997 & the fact Steve Zahn voiced the main bear here & he later goes on to star with Murphy in the family Comedy "Daddy Day Care" two years later, it's fun knowing Murphy likes working with these guys.
Decent little family fantasy.
This sequel is a fun flick with a nice ensemble cast of voice actors like Steve Zhan, Michael Rapaport & Lisa Kudrow among others, & i liked the new setting in the woods & the save the forest theme that is so relevant & is a timeless real life threat & tragedy, in that respect of the forest under threat it feels a little bit darker than the first film. Doolittle goes to a forest to help the wild life & introduce a Captivity released Bear named "Archie" voiced by Steve Zahn, into the wild forest to mate with a female wild bear named "Ava" voiced by Lisa Kudrow, in order to save the forest & the species, IT'S a good story & a meaningful one. Murphy is on top form again as the Doc & seems to be enjoying himself here, there's lots of recognisable voice cameos & familiar animals from the first like Lucky the dog is back & telling the story.
It's still a nice sweet family friendly film with lots of special effects & Animal fun but i like the first film still better & i felt some of the charm & magic was missing in this sequel & it wasn't as fun & feelgood as the first, Maybe because it was directly by someone else? Not sure but it's missing something.
It was nice that the whole Doolittle family are back played by the same actors, so it's a good follow up film & decent sequel just not as good as that '98 Classic.
I also like the "Murphy Movie" connections like the fact Michael Rapaport voiced the Racoon here & he was starred as Eddie Murphy's Cop partner in the Action Thriller "Metro" from 1997 & the fact Steve Zahn voiced the main bear here & he later goes on to star with Murphy in the family Comedy "Daddy Day Care" two years later, it's fun knowing Murphy likes working with these guys.
Decent little family fantasy.