AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Uriah43 After a crocodile almost bites his leg off and forces him to crawl away to safety, "Mick Dundee" (Paul Hogan) acquires a reputation which eventually reaches the desk of a news reporter named "Sue Charlton" (Linda Kozlowski) who is determined to track him down to get the details. This leads her to the outback of Australia where she not only meets him face-to-face but also has the opportunity to get several photos of where the event occurred. It's at this time that she gets the idea of having him come to New York City to finish the story from another angle. What she doesn't count on is just how much he is out of his element in the big city and the adventures he soon gets himself into. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it I will just say that this was a delightful comedy which kept my attention from the beginning to the very end. I especially liked the interaction between the two main characters who clearly enjoyed working together. In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed this film and recommend it for those who are looking for a movie of this type. I have rated it according.

Jakemcclake This movie has some comedic touches. It is a fish out of water story again, this time with Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) a guy from the Austrailian outback coming to New York at the invite of Sue Charelton (Linda Koslosky), a magazine reporter that is doing a story on Mick.Sue then gets engaged to her long time boyfriend in front of Mick, and Mick decides to leave New York for a "Walk About." (wondering around the country for a couple months).We then get the ending that makes the movie worth seeing.Just to mention this (not that it has any relation to how the movie ends), the actress Linda Koslosky has married her co star, Paul Hogan in real life.

SnoopyStyle Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) is a Newsday writer who was due back already but she hears a story about Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee (Paul Hogan) who survived a crocodile attack in the Australian outback. He's a guide with his best friend Walter Reilly (John Meillon) based out of Walkabout Creek. He takes her out to the outback encountering aboriginal friend Neville Bell (David Gulpilil). She falls for Dundee and takes him back to NYC. Her overbearing boss Richard Mason (Mark Blum) is her boyfriend back home.I love the sly humor taking shots at some of stereotypes. Of course, it created one of the most iconic stereotypical character of the 80s. Some of humor is still there but much of it is dated. It's still a charmer and a fun movie. I do wish they limit some of the modern world jokes. They don't all work if they keep doing them. It's a case of less is more.

Phil Hubbs Like its star Paul Hogan this film was once big, real big, a force to be reckoned with, but has since completely disappeared into obscurity. There was a time when the slender blonde leather faced Hogan was everywhere here in the UK, mainly advertising beer and acting the gruff Aussie, it was very popular.I think what is so endearing about this film is Hogan's character, his charm, lack of tact, surprising strength, rugged looks, Tarzan like abilities, gloriously over the top threads, blatant unknowing male chauvinism and the overall stereotypical rough Aussie masculinity bordering on rudeness we've all heard about. The epitome of the typical Aussie cowboy living in the merciless Aussie outback. Yet despite all that he's still a decent man, good natured, bit of a ladies man and a very likable fellow who does what's right (most times) or what he believes is right. He accepts who he is and we the audience accept it too, he's a bit of a lad (albeit middle aged lad).I tend to think that the rather over board portrayal of 'Mick Dundee' is kinda toyed with for the international audience. I'm sure there are folk like this in the depths of the outback but the extreme stereotyping going on I think is there to make people laugh, give them what they expect but bigger. Everybody has a perception of different people from different countries and this is what many countries probably expected to see (at the time) when it came to Aussie blokes living in the bush (or Aussie males as a whole).The ragtag, scruffy, unwashed, unshaven, dirty shirt wearing bar patrons in 'Walkabout Creek' pretty much some up the humongous stereotyping going on. Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe this IS how blokes in small desert towns of Australia's outback look and behave!. Maybe all the sheila's are rather butch with cropped hair and work behind the bar...beats me, but it seems a tad forced.The plot is pretty much your Prince Charming type affair really, but in the Aussie outback, a modern day Tarzan. The beautiful blonde Kozlowski goes walkabout with Hogan's Dundee, gets into dangerous situations, shown how to survive, meets local Aboriginal tribes folk and slowly falls in love with the athletic bushman.The first half of the film is set in the outback of Oz and displays terrific scenery alongside some great visual gags and exciting moments, including Kozlowski's ass. The second half of the film is set on the streets of New York and again displays some genius visual gags (for the time) alongside more expected exciting moments...you just knew the pair would come across street punks at some point.What is amazing is back in the day (and now even) this film was a fresh idea, it was quite unique and still is really. If you scratch beneath the surface it tends to have a kind of 'Police Academy' motif/theme really, lots of obvious setups for hero moments, love scenes, silly gags etc...But its such a slice of good wholesome cheer I really can't fault it at all.You know what I'm gonna say...looking back this film is horrendously clichéd, cheesy and predictable, seriously so. But back in the 80's this was a tremendous hit and rightly so, it has everything you could want for a great fun time with a lovely happy ending. Only downer I can see is this franchise totally typecast Hogan and pretty much ended his film career as he never bettered this, his best rough bluecollar Aussie charmer.8/10