Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 7, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
4
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38
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenOct 6, 2022
The whole picture is an exercise in obvious effort, try, try, trying really hard to win the audience’s affection. However it only succeeds in trying the audience’s patience. It’s a trial. Read full review
30
The New York TimesCalum MarshOct 6, 2022
"Lyle” has a brisk, whimsical momentum that is utterly infectious in the early going. Then it stops dead. Read full review
30
TheWrapRobert AbeleOct 6, 2022
While not enough to sell Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Bardem’s mission to out-cartoon his animated scene partner (admittedly not difficult) still feels like a blow struck for old-school flesh-and-blood eccentricity in the age of blah digital cutes. May that battle continue. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonOct 6, 2022
A final word about Bardem: He’s simply terrific. With his shaggy curly hair, exaggerated showmanship, athletic dance moves and operatic gestures, Hector is part Willy Wonka and part Gene Kelly — it’s Bardem’s most off-the-rails performance since his turn as a James Bond villain in “Skyfall.” Read full review
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