Along the way she uses some strong profanity. BRIDGET FONDA plays a nature-phobic paleontologist who must not only deal with the huge crocodile, but also several men she doesn't particularly like.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R For violent creature attacks and related gore, and for language. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they're fans of someone in the cast or of 'monster' movies along the lines of 'Jaws' or 'Anaconda,' they probably will. Realizing that they're faced with a thirty-foot long, man-eating crocodile, the team then decides how best to deal with it while having several close calls with the enormous creature. Bickerman (BETTY WHITE), they begin their investigation. A rich and eccentric mythology professor, Hector tries to convince the team that they're dealing with a huge crocodile and that they should try capturing instead of killing it.Īs the uneasy team heads to the placid waters of Black Lake that has only one nearby resident, the feisty Mrs.

While he's not happy to have nature-phobic Kelly tagging along, he's even less pleased upon the arrival of Hector Cyr (OLIVER PLATT). Mild-mannered game warden Jack Wells (BILL PULLMAN), however, wants to take a slower course of action so that they can figure out exactly what they have on their hands.

A witness to the brutal attack, Hank wants to kill the creature despite not knowing exactly what it is. There she meets portly sheriff Hank Keogh (BRENDAN GLEESON), a twinkie-eating officer who hates sarcasm and those who deliver it. She's certainly not one's first choice for such an assignment as she hates the rural outdoors, but since her boss and boyfriend, Kevin (ALAN ARKIN) is having an affair with her coworker and friend, Kelly finds herself choppered into a remote Maine town. PLOT: When a researcher is brutally killed by an unknown, lake-dwelling creature in the pristine Maine wilderness and a large, prehistoric-looking tooth is found in the victim, office-based paleontologist Kelly Scott (BRIDGET FONDA) is sent to investigate. QUICK TAKE: Horror/Comedy: After a thirty-foot long, man-eating crocodile is discovered in a remote Maine lake, a team of disparate characters tries to figure out how to deal with the gargantuan reptile.

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