Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Such a classic! Easy watching, quotable lines, a rough around the edges romance, with some great characters

When australian cinema first arrived on our shores, there were arthouse hits like "Walkabout", "Picnic on Hanging Rock", "Mad Max", and "Gallipoli" not to mention the "Dot" animated/live action films. Then came "Crocodile Dundee", which was released by Fox in Australia and other countries and Paramount in the US/Canada. Made for a decent budget and filmed not only in Australia but in the big apple, the film broke records and became the biggest Australian movie in the world of all time and introduced the world to Paul Hogan and his real life girlfriend/wife, Linda Kozlowski, and brought the term about knives to the lexicon. Add to that a memorable soundtrack by Peter Best and some risque but fun pg-13 humor, and you've got a movie that's worth the time to see now that a super bowl commercial promoting tourism in down under disguised as a fake trailer for another Dundee movie premiered to great fanfare. The success of this movie forced a good sequel followed by a sucky one in LA years later.

Last night I picked another gem from my past, Crocodile DunDee, which released 1986. I remember watching this movie with mom. She absolutely loved DunDee and his rough and straightforward perspective on life. Now that I watch it years later, I see many similarities between Dundee and Mexican immigrant perspective.Both perspectives cut the bullshit* and adopt a nihilistic sense of humor. Dundee was very happy in his homeland and left for USA, a strange place where his customs seemed just as alien to everyone else. In the movie's conclusion, as opposed to real life, the Americans embrace the well-meaning, friendly foreigner and take on some of his customs, such as greeting him by saying "G'day!"Furthermore, the villain Richard (albeit a light villain) is presented as the a-hole not because he is DunDee's romantic rival, but because he openly mocks and belittles DunDee for being a foreigner and being unacquainted with western culture.DunDee functions as the immigrant's fantasy existence, being accepted in America while retaining his cultural roots.

'Crocodile Dundee' certainly trades on (and likely created a few of its own) cultural stereotypes--American and Australia--and it commits a whole host of PC infractions that aren't likely to sit to well with a 21st century viewer, but really there isn't a malicious or hateful bone in its entire body.There's really not enough story here to fill even its scant 97 minute runtime, but 'Crocodile Dundee' skates by on the genial charm of star Paul Hogan and the amazing legs of his beautiful co-star Linda Kozlowski.And even though it's 80s cheesy, it's got a GREAT ending.