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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

He knows every scale.

20227.01h 46m

Overview

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
Written by Bernard Waber, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
Produced by Josh Gordon, Will Speck, Hutch Parker
Box OfficeBudget: $50.0MRevenue: $104.1M

Top Cast

Shawn Mendes

Shawn Mendes

Lyle (voice)

Winslow Fegley

Winslow Fegley

Josh Primm

Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem

Hector P. Valenti

Constance Wu

Constance Wu

Katie Primm

Scoot McNairy

Scoot McNairy

Joseph Primm

Brett Gelman

Brett Gelman

Alistair Grumps

Ego Nwodim

Ego Nwodim

Carol

Lyric Hurd

Lyric Hurd

Trudy

Jason Kravits

Jason Kravits

Cy

Ben Palacios

Ben Palacios

Lyle's Motion Capture

Themes & Keywords

crocodilemusicalbased on children's bookoutsiderlive action and animationtalking animal

About Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is a comedy, family, music film released in 2022 exploring themes of crocodile, musical, based on children's book, outsider, live action and animation, talking animal. Directed by Will Speck, it stars Shawn Mendes, Winslow Fegley, Javier Bardem. 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.

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