Last night’s movie: Dr. Dolittle 2

Uh, don’t bother the beaver. The godbeaver. Yeah, Eddie’s talking to the animals again and they’re getting organized. Much better than his other remake series, Dolittle gives Murphy a good range of other characters to play against–his wife, both daughters but especially Raven Simone, Archie the Bear, some mafioso small mammals and rodents, and the ever-nasty Jeffrey Jones (who’s bloated up quite a bit) supported by Kevin Pollack (who seems to take any role offered to him). Director Steve Carr, who previously directed the fun Ice Cube movie Next Friday and a bunch of rap music videos and commercials, mainly steps back and let Eddie rule here.

p.s. Murphy is currently working on a buddy cop comedy with Robert DeNiro for release next year called Showtime.