Rent The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee (2020)

Dire nonsense! - The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee review by NR

I gave up on this!

I've been a fan of Paul Hogan since the 'seventies,but Crocodile Dundee seems to have been his swansong.

This film seems to be a vehicle to showcase the vacuity of the "celebrity"circuit,and perhaps to boost the ratings of a cast list of has beens?

Many of them I had'nt realised have ever "been"something,and they all seem including,sadly Hogan himself,to be on "auto pilot"here.

I managed about half an hour of it then bailed out,alas.

Prap's it's just me?

Silly Misfiring Comedy - The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee review by GI

Playing a fictionalised version of himself Paul Hogan is fed up with always being called Mr Dundee and badgered by movie executives to make another Crocodile Dundee film. Living in Los Angeles this comedy has Hogan content to live quietly but unable to escape the film legacy for which he's most known and offered a knighthood by the Queen is told by his agent to stay out of trouble. This obviously cues him getting into lots of trouble and some of the incidences are funny and others fall resoundingly flat. Essentially the joke is that Hogan is an old man unable to understand the modern world, but its when the film veers into political issues that it fails miserably including where he rejects the suggestion of Will Smith playing his son in a new Dundee film stating "because he's black"! He's then berated for saying that. The attempt to highlight a world of woke around the racism issue is a glaring error. There's a few celebs cameo including John Cleese, Chevy Chase and Olivia Newton John who are either big mates with Hogan or needed the money, probably both. There are others that pop up too but mostly the film is one of those old person struggling with life comedies that isn't that funny. This is a silly film that has the odd moment but overall it's one to avoid.