The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee

The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee is a 2020 Australian comedy film directed by Dean Murphy, written by Robert Mond and Dean Murphy, and starring Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase, John Cleese, Olivia Newton-John and Kerry Armstrong.

The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
Theatrical movie poster
Directed by
Produced byNigel Odell
Dean Murphy
Written byRobert Mond
Dean Murphy
Starring
Music byJohn Foreman
CinematographyRoger Lanser
Edited byPeter Carrodus
Robert Mond
Production
company
Clock Sounds Productions Pty
Kathy Morgan International
Piccadilly Pictures
Salt Media & Entertainment
Distributed byTransmission Films
Release date
17 July 2020
CountryAustralia
United States
LanguageEnglish

It was released on Amazon Prime Video on 17 July 2020.[1]

Premise

Paul Hogan is reluctantly thrust back into the spotlight as he desperately attempts to restore his sullied reputation on the eve of being knighted.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Los Angeles, California, USA in 2018.[2]

Release

The film was originally scheduled to be released in Australian cinemas on 30 April 2020, but had its theatrical release cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee was released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on 17 July 2020.

Reception

This new film has been summarized by Penelope DeBelle in Adelaide Now as "The latest in a long line of old man movies...Crocodile Dundee was 34 years ago, followed two years later by Crocodile Dundee II. Not even surgical uplifts and impeccable veneers can alter the fact that Hogan is now 80 years old. ...the idea of Hogan trying to revive the warmth and affection we had for his younger self seems a forlorn hope, just as casting a creaky Harrison Ford as a man living off the land seems an unnecessary stretch."[3]

The film has mostly negative reviews, with one and two-star reviews from ArtsHub,[4] Screenspace,[5] The Sydney Morning Herald[6] and The Guardian.[7] The Australian newspaper's Stephen Rommel gave it one star, saying "The kindest comment I can make about Paul Hogan's new movie, The Very Excellent Mr Dundee, is that it includes John Cleese's worst performance ever (and, yes, I have seen Fierce Creatures from 1997)."[8]

References
  1. "The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee, July 17th, Amazon Originals". Amazon Prime Video Official YouTube. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. Kaye, Ben (12 June 2018). "Paul Hogan to star as himself in The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  3. Debelle, Penelope (23 May 2020). "Paul Hogan's The Very Excellent Mr Dundee just the latest in a string of old man movies". The Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. Morris, Anthony. "Film Review: 'The Very Excellent Mr Dundee' is a trainwreck". ArtsHub Australia.
  5. "THE VERY EXCELLENT MR. DUNDEE - Reviews - Screen-Space". screen-space.squarespace.com.
  6. Byrnes, Paul (16 July 2020). "Paul Hogan retains his charm but has forgotten how to be funny". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. "The Very Excellent Mr Dundee review – Paul Hogan tries to not get cancelled in confused film". the Guardian. 17 July 2020.
  8. "Paul Hogan's Mr Dundee is worse than bad. It's embarrassing". www.theaustralian.com.au. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

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