…If you only know Javier Bardem from the studied intensity of No Country for Old Men, it’s something of a revelation to see him doing co-ordinated, choreographed song and dance numbers with a CGI crocodile, but as selling points go, it’s a good one….

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 4, 2024

The plot itself is amazingly clichéd.

| Original Score: C | Mar 6, 2024

This desperately wants to have the charm, the wit, the zing, the joie de vivre of Paddington, and it doesn't.

Full Review | Jan 9, 2024

Shawn Mendes voices the most charming croc ever in this CGI-filled fun fest.

| Oct 4, 2023

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is the perfect film to snuggle together on the sofa with. A disarming easy watch that isn’t too taxing on the adults in the audience, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile will keep the kids transfixed time and time again.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 9, 2023

Bardem’s totally unexpected performance as a song and dance man is the main reason to see the film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 6, 2023

A heartwarming and emotional tale about finding your voice, following your passion, and the power of found family.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 3, 2023

Fun tunes and a typically irrepressible turn from Bardem give this take on the 1965 picture book some pizzazz, but the rest is mostly mild, post-Paddington kindness schtick.

| Dec 29, 2022

[Left an] uncanny aftertaste, common to much current Hollywood family entertainment: a sense that wit, personality and emotional insight have been more or less skilfully simulated.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 23, 2022

Bardem offers audiences an opportunity to see a whole other side of himself. As a dramatic actor he can move an audience but as a singing and dancing comedic actor he surprises viewers with how good he can be.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 19, 2022

The villain is nothing more than a cranky neighbor; quelle horreur!

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 19, 2022

... a story of finding one’s family, of believing in one’s self, and never settling for the ways things are when they could be so much more.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 15, 2022

… a charismatic piece of family entertainment that will have kids and parents onside quickly.

| Original Score: 16/20 | Dec 12, 2022

With apologies to Sir Elton John, this fun sing-along is the definitive Crocodile Rock.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 2, 2022

This is the perfect movie for both children and intoxicated adults. Would you like to watch a live crocodile sitting in a courtroom? Yes, you absolutely would. Look no further than this masterpiece of an atrocity.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Nov 30, 2022

The simple plotting and broad characterisation is bolstered by some pretty effective special effects work, and performer interaction with the towering, computer-generated crocodile is impressively seamless throughout.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 2, 2022

Surprisingly confusing for a movie about the sweet-natured antics of a kid and a singing crocodile.

| Oct 29, 2022

Watching Javier Bardem sing and dance along with Lyle is great fun, and the movie is fine for very young kids as well as teens--at the end of my screening, kids applauded and danced to the ending credits.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 28, 2022

The story suggests sketches and strokes that could lead to interesting places, yet it never decides on following any... things get better once Bardem comes along. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 27, 2022

Without being all that wonderful, Josh Gordon and Will Speck's Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is good family fun and has songs that will get stuck in your head... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 27, 2022