Highly Overrated But Still Good

Fresh and Exciting

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

When I first heard the title "Crocodile Dundee" I thought it was about Steve Irwin. Well, he did get his own movie eventually, I believe. This movie is a really relaxing one. That might not be the biggest compliment. The story's pretty simple, with a woman going to Australia to find the legendary Crocodile Dundee and then him going back with her to New York City. What's so cute is that half of this movie takes place in Australia and the other half in the United States. I just thought this was a very organized and subtle way to handle the story. It helps that the Crocodile Dundee is so likeable. I admit it could have been funnier and it does get clichéd at the end. Still, it's a very pleasant little film. I'm surprised it only has a 6.5 here. RottenTomatoes is much more accurate with its 87% rating. ***

When australian cinema first arrived on our shores, there were arthouse hits like "Walkabout", "Picnic on Hanging Rock", "Mad Max", and "Gallipoli" not to mention the "Dot" animated/live action films. Then came "Crocodile Dundee", which was released by Fox in Australia and other countries and Paramount in the US/Canada. Made for a decent budget and filmed not only in Australia but in the big apple, the film broke records and became the biggest Australian movie in the world of all time and introduced the world to Paul Hogan and his real life girlfriend/wife, Linda Kozlowski, and brought the term about knives to the lexicon. Add to that a memorable soundtrack by Peter Best and some risque but fun pg-13 humor, and you've got a movie that's worth the time to see now that a super bowl commercial promoting tourism in down under disguised as a fake trailer for another Dundee movie premiered to great fanfare. The success of this movie forced a good sequel followed by a sucky one in LA years later.

After a crocodile almost bites his leg off and forces him to crawl away to safety, "Mick Dundee" (Paul Hogan) acquires a reputation which eventually reaches the desk of a news reporter named "Sue Charlton" (Linda Kozlowski) who is determined to track him down to get the details. This leads her to the outback of Australia where she not only meets him face-to-face but also has the opportunity to get several photos of where the event occurred. It's at this time that she gets the idea of having him come to New York City to finish the story from another angle. What she doesn't count on is just how much he is out of his element in the big city and the adventures he soon gets himself into. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it I will just say that this was a delightful comedy which kept my attention from the beginning to the very end. I especially liked the interaction between the two main characters who clearly enjoyed working together. In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed this film and recommend it for those who are looking for a movie of this type. I have rated it according.

This movie has some comedic touches. It is a fish out of water story again, this time with Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) a guy from the Austrailian outback coming to New York at the invite of Sue Charelton (Linda Koslosky), a magazine reporter that is doing a story on Mick.Sue then gets engaged to her long time boyfriend in front of Mick, and Mick decides to leave New York for a "Walk About." (wondering around the country for a couple months).We then get the ending that makes the movie worth seeing.Just to mention this (not that it has any relation to how the movie ends), the actress Linda Koslosky has married her co star, Paul Hogan in real life.