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The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
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Wikipedia article
'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.
It was released on Amazon Prime Video on 17 July 2020, and was the final film Olivia Newton-John starred in before her death in 2022.
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
* Paul Hogan as Paul
* Jacob Elordi as Chase, Paul's son
* Chevy Chase as Chevy
* John Cleese as John
* Olivia Newton-John as Olivia
* Reginald VelJohnson as Reggie
* Wayne Knight as Wayne
* Rachael Carpani as Angie
* Paul Fenech as Paul's Mexican Landscaper
* Shane Jacobson as Neville Dundee
* Kerry Armstrong as Ella, Paul's date
* Charlotte Stent as Lucy
Production
Filming took place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Los Angeles, California, USA in 2018.
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."
The film has mostly negative reviews, with one and two-star reviews from ArtsHub, Screenspace, 'The Sydney Morning Herald' and 'The Guardian'. '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)."
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, and an average rating of . On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 24 out of 100, based on 4 critics.
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