An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since there was a decent cast involved and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. I have to admit that I had actually never heard of the Lyle the Crocodile series before watching this movie but I’m pretty sure that this modern adaptation was hardly faithful, at least, from a visual point of view. Anyway, to be honest, the damned thing turned out to be seriously lame. Basically, there is currently some kind of new trend of adapting a classic quaint children book and giving it a modern twist (see also ‘Peter Rabbit’) but the end-result was here once again terribly misguided, I’m afraid. At least, I have to admit that the crocodile did sing very well and I’m not surprised that Shawn Mendes was the one behind this beautiful voice. Sure, I can’t say I’m a huge fan of Mendes or that I’m aware of his career but, damned, the guy can sing, that’s for sure. Concerning Javier Bardem, it was pretty neat to see him in a such children feature and he was definitely the reason why I wanted to check this movie in the first place. Well, as usual, Bardem went all in and he was basically the only character who was slightly interesting and entertaining but, for some reason, he was actually gone for half of the duration. Unfortunately, even though Constance Wu and Scoot McNairy are some fine and talented actors, they played their characters so straight and were therefore completely forgettable but above all not entertaining whatsoever. Anyway, to conclude, even if I have to admit it was rather harmless, the damned thing was still rather lame and boring and I don’t think it is really worth a look.