As of September 2019, the film has a rating of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews. The critics' consensus reads, "Infectiously easygoing charm and a leading man in the role he was born to play help Crocodile Dundee make the most of its familiar fish-out-of-water premise."[24] James Berardinelli of Reelviews.net gave the film three stars out of four stating, "What the storyline lacks in ambition, it makes up for in sheer, unfettered likability".[25]