When the Primm family 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 who loves baths, caviar and great music — living in the attic of his new home. But when Lyle’s existence is threatened by evil neighbor Mr. Grumps, the Primms must band together to show the world that family can come from the most unexpected places.
Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon
crocodile
musical
based on children's book
outsider
live action and animation
talking animal
Rank
#326 in 2022·#8605 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
2.4 / 5
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Cast
Shawn Mendes
Lyle (voice)
Winslow Fegley
Josh Primm
Javier Bardem
Hector P. Valenti
Constance Wu
Katie Primm
Scoot McNairy
Joseph Primm
Brett Gelman
Alistair Grumps
Ego Nwodim
Carol
Lyric Hurd
Trudy
Jason Kravits
Cy
Ben Palacios
Lyle's Motion Capture
Marc Farley
Animal Store Owner
Sal Viscuso
Judge
Crew
Will Speck
Director
Josh Gordon
Director
William Davies
Screenplay
Richard Pearson
Editor
Javier Aguirresarobe
Director of Photography
Josh Gordon
Producer
Will Speck
Producer
Hutch Parker
Producer
Justin Paul
Executive Producer
Benj Pasek
Executive Producer
Tarak Ben Ammar
Executive Producer
Bob Dohrmann
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
537 reviews
AdmiralWest
1.0★ · 07/20/23
Who said this was a kid's movie, I was terrified everytime Lyle showed up
Who said this was a kid's movie, I was terrified everytime Lyle showed up
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Luca Trumfio
4.0★ · 05/15/26
Sean Mendes should’ve won a Oscar for this role
Sean Mendes should’ve won a Oscar for this role
Lynha Mikaelson
10.0★ · 02/06/26
finally im done watching this and my grown self is crying at the last part 😭 this is such a beautiful movie, and i never thought that was shawn mendes 🤧 it really shows how important it is to show what you really got...
finally im done watching this and my grown self is crying at the last part 😭 this is such a beautiful movie, and i never thought that was shawn mendes 🤧 it really shows how important it is to show what you really got...