The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: July 12, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
9
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The mad genius of this cheerily bonkers feature is the integration of a documentary-style safari into an outlandish fiction involving a fancy-pants CIA pursuit of a downed spy satellite, and a shotgun-wielding outback widow. Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
When I say this movie's a charm, I'm really talking about Irwin. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesJohn Anderson
So refreshing and funny and, in its way, sophisticated. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Forget the plot. The movie is really about Steve and Terri taking us on a guided tour of the crocs, snakes, deadly insects and other stars of the outback fauna. Steve's act is simplicity itself. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
A curiously thrilling and often hilarious experience. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyGendy Alimurung
Thankfully, the film, which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality -- Irwin as "himself" as croc expert as suspected international spy -- takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the Croc Hunter agenda: Mother Nature? Don’t muck with her. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
A perfectly respectable kid-friendly family offering. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderHank Sartin
Kids used to watching him on TV might find it all perfectly normal, but for adults it's almost an acid trip. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeChristy Lemire
The downtimes are so flat that it makes you wonder whether director John Stainton and writer Holly Goldberg Sloan made them intentionally bad, just so we'd look forward to seeing Irwin again. Read full review
63
New York PostMegan Lehmann
Possibly the most unintentionally hilarious film since Ed Wood's "Plan 9 from Outer Space," Steve Irwin's big-screen debut is destined to become an instant cult classic. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
It's a lot more entertaining than box office success "Scooby-Doo" and more honest, too. When Irwin plays out a scene with a reptilian, you can be sure the croc is not computer-generated. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
It is not a great ad-vain-cha, and it's a lousy movie. But it underscores Irwin's kitschy popularity as a sideshow entertainer on the Animal Planet channel, where he cheerfully wrestles or rescues all manner of Aussie wildlife while telling the camera what great danger he is in.
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The film's wittiest moment comes before it starts: the familiar MGM lion is replaced by a roaring crocodile when the studio's logo appears. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Though Walt Disney's Peter Pan once implored us never to smile at a crocodile, the Irwins' own home movie is worth a couple of chuckles. Shivers, too. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Has a weirdly divided structure that alternates Irwin's nature segments with clumsy dramatic footage set in the CIA. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
If Irwin is your bag, then this is your film. Otherwise, Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is dumb, mate. Real dumb. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The question is, is the interspecies wrestling match really worth the ineptly acted spy antics, the big flatulence jokes and Steve-o's endless grandstanding? Not without a handy remote control with a mute button, it isn't. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Oscillates between pragmatist genius and B-movie mediocrity. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The pleasure to be derived from watching a loopy Australian risk life and limb is not to be dismissed or underrated, but Collision Course proves that that guilty pleasure, no matter how potent, just isn't a solid basis for a film. Read full review
40
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
The next time Irwin wants to make a feature, however, he should find a director who knows how.
30
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
Nothing more than an extended version of the syndicated television program, with the unkempt Irwin spending most of the movie excitedly shouting at the camera as he taunts something venomous. Read full review
10
Film ThreatEric Campos
Crikey, what a croc o’ shit! But hey, at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it's heading. So as painful as this movie is to watch, if you willingly buy a ticket, you’re only doing it to yourself. Read full review
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Rolling StonePeter Travers
If you have to ask why this sucks, you deserve to waste your money. Why not also check out "Like Mike," "Juwanna Man" and "Hey Arnold! The Movie"? Read full review
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