Jude Law,
Elina Löwensohn,
Timothy Spall,
Kerry Fox,
Jack Davenport
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Stephen Griscz, the protagonist of The Wisdom of Crocodiles, is a handsome but enigmatic man of many talents. He is also an incurable womanizer, always searching for the perfect woman. But all his rel... read more
DVD Release Date: March 13, 2001
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August 13, 2010Not bad. I was able to put my immense dislike of Jude Law on hold long enough to watch this, (mainly as I was interested to see Elina Lowensohn in something other than Nadja or the Hal Hartley movies).
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January 10, 2010Very bizarre and very cheap looking. It's a straight-to-video in every way, but it's really interesting for some reason. It's essentially Jude law running around seducing girls and being a vampire. I just honestly have no idea what was going on here with the plot, it seemed like ... read more
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July 21, 2006Jude Law as a vampire. Dammit, they know my weakness! This is a really seductive film, and the premise is fascinating. Although it takes a bit of a wrong turn near the end, it redeems itself at the last moment. It's hard to say what it is about this movie that's so compelling. It... read more
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August 27, 2006This was actually a bit of a surprise. I was expecting absolute crap, and got an actually half decent film. The acting was good, especially Jude, and the story was at least different from most films.
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April 1, 2007This movie had some interesting things to say and sort of tried to be interesting and different, but dragging pretty badly overall, accompanied with some cheesy writing made this movie sadly lack any overall quality.
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
January 1, 2000
Jan Stuart, Newsday
The Wisdom of Crocodiles benefits from handsome production design (Andy Harris) and photography (Oliver Curtis).
January 1, 2000
Peter Brunette, Film.com
Raises the most profound issues about the difference between humans and animals, good and evil, truth and lies.
August 1, 2003
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...so enigmatic and mysterious that by the time the movie's over, you still aren't entirely sure what just happened. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Bill Gallo, New Times
This pompous and dispassionate piece of vampire business leaves you longing for the ominous mists of Transylvania and midnight.
January 1, 2000
Greg Dean Schmitz, Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies
This film is probably really only best for fans of vampire films or stylish British erotic thrillers. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Trevor Lewis, Empire Magazine
Any subtlety is lost in the broader superficiality of a work which fails to engage on an emotional level. Full Review
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