Today’s Prayer Focus

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

also known as “Enzo, le croco,” “Il talento di Mr. Crocodile,” “Lille, Ville, Krokodille,” “Lilo Lilo Cocodrilo,” “Lilo, Lilo, Crocodilo,” “Lilo, mi amigo el cocodrilo,” “Lyle - Mein Freund, das Krokodil,” “Lyle, Chú Cá Sấu Biết Hát,” “Lyle, le crocodile,” “O Amigo Crocodilo,” See all »

MPA Rating: PG-Rating (MPA)

for mild peril and thematic elements.

Moral Rating:
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:	Family
Genre:	Musical Comedy Adventure Fantasy Family Animation-Live-Action-Hybrid Adaptation
Length:	1 hr. 46 min.
Year of Release:	2022
USA Release:	October 7, 2022 (wide release) DVD: December 13, 2022

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Family moves to New York City

Young son struggles to adapt to his new surroundings

A singing saltwater crocodile

Pop musical

“Family can come from the most unexpected places”

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Parenting and Family Questions and Answers

Featuring	Javier Bardem … Hector P. Valenti Constance Wu … Mrs. Primm Scoot McNairy … Brett Gelman … Mr. Grumps Winslow Fegley … Shawn Mendes … Lyle (voice) See all » Sal Viscuso … The Judge Don DiPetta … Paramedic Yussie Jupiter … Broadway Theatre Goer Joe Gulla … Mailman Zeb Slone … Tall kid at school Cora Maple Lindell … Dancer Lindsey Moser … Wrestling Coach Mac Wells … Show Security Guard Rudie Bolton … Lyle the Crocodile (Rudie) Chloe Camp … Middle School Student Lyric Hurd … Elijahawon Perrin … Singer Serge Burack Jr. … HOA Member Cate Whitlatch … Prep School Student Donnie Cormier … Security Guard #3 Niquitta S. Wolfe … Concert Attendee Christine Moon … Zookeeper Danny Salomon … Animal Trainer Bethania Ahadu … Broadway Theater Goer Will Frontera … Court Room Spectator
Director	Josh Gordon Will Speck
Producer	Eagle Pictures [Italy] Hutch Parker Entertainment See all » Sony Pictures Animation Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Speck & Gordon Tarak Ben Ammar Robert J. Dohrmann Josh Gordon Andy Mitchell Hutch Parker Benj Pasek Justin Paul Will Speck Kevin K. Vafi Dan Wilson Bryan Yaconelli
Distributor	Sony Pictures

Copyrighted, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Featuring new music from the writers of “The Greatest Showman” / Based on the best-selling book series by Bernard Waber, ‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ is a live-action/CGI musical comedy that brings this character to a global audience.

When the Primm family (Constance Wu, Scoot McNairy, Winslow Fegley) moves to New York City, their young son Josh struggles to adapt to his new school and new friends. All of that changes when he discovers Lyle - a singing crocodile (Shawn Mendes) who loves baths, caviar and great music-living in the attic of his new home. The two become fast friends, but when Lyle’s existence is threatened by evil neighbor Mr. Grumps (Brett Gelman), the Primm’s must band together with Lyle’s charismatic owner, Hector P. Valenti (Javier Bardem), to show the world that family can come from the most unexpected places and there’s nothing wrong with a big singing crocodile with an even bigger personality.”

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Positive

—Very clean and fun family movie. With a great message of family being there for each other. The movie has clean songs and the crocodile in the movie is a cute character the kids will like. This is probably one of the cleaner movies for Christians to watch, and I highly recommend it.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Good / Moviemaking quality: 4½

Ana, age 21 (USA)

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