Betty Thomas
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Betty Thomas
There’s something intrinsically funny about tactlessly truth-telling talking animals. And there are plenty of those—and laughs to go with them—in this 1998 reimagining of Hugh Lofting’s children’s story. Murphy plays the doctor in question, a modern-day San Francisco physician who discovers that he can understand what animals have to say. Director Betty Thomas makes the most of an amazing voice cast for the animals, led by Norm McDonald and including everyone from Garry Shandling to Julie Kavner to Albert Brooks. The story itself is pretty slim—will the…
