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Croc by David James5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Spotting the showbiz potential of a musical croc, Hector trains Lyle to perform in a double act, belting out numbers written for the film by La La Land duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. It’s a wackily funny scene: Lyle in his cage singing along to the radio and shaking reptile butt. It begins when Hector finds adorable baby crocodile Lyle in a New York pet shop. Next to his dazzle, everything else about Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, adapted from Bernard Waber’s much-loved picture books, looks a bit average. ![]() But then along comes Javier Bardem with a thinning comb-over and a moustache to rival Hercule Poirot giving another lip-smackingly juicy performance, Bardem marches away with the film as flamboyant failed showman Hector P Valenti. T he star of this family adventure is meant to be an eight-foot CGI singing crocodile called Lyle (voiced by Canadian pop star Shawn Mendes). ![]()
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