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Something else I want to add. I had a very personal connection with how this movie started. You may recall how my dog snatched a baby squirrel and mangled it when I was walking her, and I picked it up and was trying to save its life.

The movie starts with this kid out hunting with his dad who is trying to get him to learn how to shoot animals but of course he doesn't want to. He purposely misses the ducks, but ends up hitting this squirrel.

So he's devastated, and he picks it up and this magical bird leads him to Dolittle's estate. Whatever.

The dying squirrel looked just like it did in real life. The same breathing patterns and everything. So I identified with that.

Fast forward to after Dolittle saves the squirrel and holy shit, he becomes the most annoying character. Every time he speaks it's grating. I don't know what they were thinking with this crap. They made the animal I wanted to live from personal experience a character of burning rage.