It lacked comedic elements and, surprisingly given the story, didn’t really feature as much in the way of special effects as it was expected to.
The assembled cut of Dolittle apparently didn’t really feel like the family movie it was intended to be.
Based on THR’s reporting, Universal Studios executives saw the first cut of Dolittle way back in fall of 2018 and immediately identified some problems that the film had.
The ending too was devoid of humor and sounds like it was actually a bit of a downer.