Lyle, Lyle Crocodile – ABC Film Challenge – Catch-Up 2022 – L – Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile – Movie Review
Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Writer: Bernard Aber, Will Davies (Screenplay)
Cast
- Javier Bardem (Skyfall)
- Winslow Fegley (Come Play)
- Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)
- Scoot McNairy (Argo)
- Brett Gelman (The Other Guys)
Plot: Feature film based on the children’s book about a crocodile that lives in New York City.
Runtime: 1 Hour 42 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Lyle, Lyle Crocodile starts when a struggling entertainer Hector P Valenti (Bardem) discovers a singing crocodile. However, the crocodile Lyle suffers from stage fright, which ruins Hector. Hector ends up losing his apartment but leaves Lyle behind.
18 months later the Primm family move in, mother (Wu), father (McNairy) and son Josh (Fegley). Josh is struggling with the move into the big city, until he discovers the singing crocodile in the attic, making friends with Lyle. However, the friendship might become difficult once more adults get involved in their lives.
Verdict on Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile is a musical comedy following a family that finds their lives turned around by a singing crocodile. They start to become closer as the crocodile starts helping them remember the magic in their lives. However, not everyone is happy with the crocodile being in the building.
This is a fun family movie filled with a strong message and entertaining singing and dancing. It has the idea of a family coming together for the better with an unusual addition made to the family. While also sending the message about enjoying singing and entertaining being two different things. This ends up being entertaining from start to finish. With singing and dancing take us to the next level and learn to overcome our own fears.
Final Thoughts – Lyle, Lyle Crocodile is an enjoyable family film filled with singing and dancing.