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Bridget Fonda and Bill Pullman star in this good old fashioned creature feature about a 30-foot crocodile that begins weeding out the population of a lakeside Maine community. The script is from TV titan David E. Kelly (Boston Legal, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences), so expect the same sort of neurotic, whacky characters that populate his shows. Oliver Platt and Brendan Gleeson provide most of the comic relief, but Betty White nearly steals the show as a foul-mouthed farmer who treats the monster like a pet. John Ottman pulls out the stops for a grand score and the special effects are a blend of practical animatronics from Stan Winston’s studio and computer-generated imagery (not too shabby for the late ’90s).