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Article: CRIKEY! ``CROCODILE HUNTER'' IS FUNNY.(DAILY BREAK)(Review)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 16, 2002
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Byline: MAL VINCENT THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT\
PERHAPS you've seen Steve Irwin on the Discovery Channel handling a king brown snake or a bird-eating spider - all the while calling them ``sweetheart.'' He's a natural showman, and his movie debut, ``The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course,'' is surprisingly nifty entertainment.
The persona he has created is one-third Indiana Jones, one-third Crocodile Dundee and one-third Albert Schweitzer.
``The Crocodile Hunter,'' like Irwin, is eventually irresistible in its audacity and silliness. His personality saves it time and again. He steps out of the film to comment, allowing a kind of self-criticism that ...