Mel Valentin
2 min readJan 18, 2020

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Dolittle’ Gives Robert Downey Jr. His First, Post-MCU Mega-Bomb

Dolittle and his animal buddies, together again (for the last time).

Post-MCU, Robert Downey Jr. could have done anything, up to and including an early retirement from the acting profession. But actors are exhibitionist, sometimes even narcissistic, by nature. To paraphrase Descartes’ famous dictum, if they’re not projected on a giant multiplex screen, a 4K home theater system, or performing in front of a live audience, they don’t exist. Sometimes that means taking the…