This trailer to the new Dr. “Dolittle” plays up the whispery “magic” of Robert Downey Jr. in the title role, and warns us of the many many famous voices playing the animals.

I am trying not to cast a jaundiced eye on this enterprise, but there is an embargo on reviews of it, so nobody will get an earful about it, yay or nay, until Wed.

Fingers crossed. It opens Friday.