What is Dolittle movie based on?

Dolittle is an American fantasy comedy film that was directed by Stephen Gaghan. Robert Downey Jr., as Dr. John Dolittle was a veterinarian who has the ability to communicate with animals and his apprentice. After his wife died in the sea, he decided not to come in contact with any human but only animals. Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) sends a girl named lady rose (Carmel Laniado) with a message to Dolittle to come and try to cure the deadly queen sickness.

Dolittle was persuaded by Polynesia to try to reconnect with people again. Upon reaching, Dolittle figured out that the queen was poisoned by a type of nightshade that was added to her tea. For the Queen to be cured, she must eat fruit from a faraway land. They continue to the island where the lily was born. While attempting to capture the lily journal which contains details of the way to the fruit, Dolittle is captured by his former father-in-law.

Dolittle is the main character of the series of children’s books written by Hugh Lofting. The first in the series is the story of Doctor Dolittle, which was written in 1920. He is a doctor who eschews human patients and favors animals, and he can even speak in their unique language. In the film, Dolittle takes refuge in Dolittle manor after his beloved wife dies.

He only communicates with animals and his apprentice. There are ostrich, duck, gorilla, polar bear, and a parrot who are his most treasured confidants. When the queen falls ill, Dolittle is forced to go off in search of a cure, and he takes his loveable animal friends along with him.