Crocodile Dundee
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: September 26, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesMichael Wilmington
Certainly Crocodile Dundee is nothing you can examine deeply or mull over afterward. It's simply an expert crowd-pleaser. It has such a sure, easy, confident touch that it's almost failure-proof--like a tip of the hat, a sip of beer, a quick, golden G'day. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Crocodile Dundee is a breezy, fun affair - a trifle that is extremely pleasant to sample and leaves no bitter aftertaste. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
Hogan is an appealing performer, and Kozlowski has a brisk charm as his love interest. Indeed, the film functions far better as romantic comedy than it does as social satire, building an entertaining sexual suspense as an unacknowledged attraction builds between the two leads. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNina Darnton
Paul Hogan is a delightful Crocodile Dundee. He has an easy, extremely likable screen personality -a mixture of warmth, sex appeal, disarming innocence and dry humor. Read full review
70
The DissolveNathan Rabin
There’s an element of self-deprecation to Hogan’s performance—a winking, grinning acknowledgment of the character’s absurdity that nicely undercuts the macho fantasy. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Hogan is comfortable enough playing the wry, irreverent, amiable Aussie that seems close to his own persona, and teams well with Kozlowski, who radiates lots of charm, style and spunk. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Salem Alaton
The film would go nowhere without Hogan. He's a charismatic chap with a pleasantly minimalist approach to humor. [27 Sept 1986, p.E6]
60
EmpireIan Nathan
Unpretentious, warm, at times hilarious, it's hard to find a bad word to say about Crocodile Dundee. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The film's fish-out-of-water story line is a film comedy standard; what makes the picture work so well is Hogan's cheerful, weatherbeaten appeal. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
All of the cliches are in the right places, most of the gags pay off and there are moments of real amusement as the Australian cowboy wanders around Manhattan as a naive sightseer. The problem is that there's not one moment of chemistry between the two stars. Read full review
50
Washington PostPaul Attanasio
A double fish out of water structure -- first she's the fish, then he's the fish -- but the movie doesn't go anywhere with it, mostly because the characters are such nullities. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
It's a gentle and wholly implausible comedy with an appealing character carrying the load -- no more. [27 Sept 1986, p.D3]
40
The GuardianLuke Buckmaster
For a long time Crocodile Dundee isn't so much a collection of jokes as a stiff-jointed opposites-attract romantic drama goofed up with stereotypes. Read full review
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