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CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES (PG)

Plot Summary: Mick Dundee and his family fly to Los Angeles and become involved in uncovering an international smuggling ring.

Reason for the Rating: Some language and brief violence.

If you enjoy good clean humor, a bit of mystery, and far-fetched plot lines, then you'll love CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES. This movie is for the kid in everyone; a film you can sit back and just enjoy with your family. There isn't a strong moral or theme to find, no gratuitous sex scenes from which to shield your children, nor blood and body parts everywhere. It’s just fun.

In this third Crocodile Dundee movie, we see Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan), his girlfriend Sue (real life wife Linda Kozlowski), and their 9-year-old son Mickey (Serge Cockburn) leave Walkabout Creek, Australia for Los Angeles where Sue takes a short term job as an editor. While in LA, Mick and Sue manage to uncover an international smuggling ring, and attempt to expose the truth.

As in the previous Dundee movies, Mick leads the viewer through all kinds of adventures that only a naïve, happy-go-lucky foreigner could have in America. For example, Mick “kills” a mechanical snake at a theme park, and takes yoga lessons from a “gentle” Mike Tyson (who makes a cameo appearance). Corny, but funny.

Mick's relationship with his son Mickey was the best part of this movie (aside from the humor and crazy antics, of course). Mickey never sees the failings and naiveté of his father, but only wants to be like him. The pride and security Mickey has in his father is touching, as well as the priority Mick places on his family. This father picks up his son from school, takes him fishing, sightseeing, and generally enjoys their relationship.

The only thing the producers could have left out was the small amount of profanity included in the movie. This may be something to consider if you see this with your family.

FamilyFans.com Recommends: Take the fam to see this one. It’s a fun movie.

After the Show…If members of your family choose to view this movie, use these questions to spark discussion about it afterward:

-- Which parts of this movie made you laugh? Why?

-- What positive attributes about family did you see in this film? How does that compare to our family?

-- If you could travel to another country, where would it be and why? What do you think it would be like to be a foreigner?

Jill Wuellner

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