Immortality (The Wisdom of Crocodiles) (2000)
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47% of critics liked it
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51% of users liked it
(4,002 ratings)
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 relationships end in tragedy, which arouses the suspicions of police officer Healey. One day, Stephen… More 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 relationships end in tragedy, which arouses the suspicions of police officer Healey. One day, Stephen meets Anne, an engineer who is also a very strong woman and definitely much better than all the others. Anne is intrigued by Stephen's strange airs. But soon it becomes clear that only one of them will survive the relationship. Po Chih Leong, who launched his film career as an editor with the BBC and went on to become a television producer in Hong Kong, made his directorial debut in 1976 and has since directed over a dozen features in English and Chinese before this British production. The Wisdom of Crocodiles was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival 1999. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi
- Directed By
- Po-Chih Leong
- Written By
- Paul Hoffman
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- May 1, 2000 Wide
- On DVD
- Mar 13, 2001
- Studio
- Miramax Films
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
A philosophical thriller that's no less intriguing for being murkily theological and ceaselessly artsy.
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Jan Stuart, Newsday
The Wisdom of Crocodiles benefits from handsome production design (Andy Harris) and photography (Oliver Curtis).
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J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Inoffensively glib and innocuously arty.
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Peter Brunette, Film.com
Raises the most profound issues about the difference between humans and animals, good and evil, truth and lies.
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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.
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Cast
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Jude Law
as Steven Grlscz
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Elina Löwensohn
as Anna Levels
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Timothy Spall
as Inspector Healey
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Kerry Fox
as Maria Vaughn
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Jack Davenport
as Detective Roche
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Colin Salmon
as Martin
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Rick Lamont
as Toll Bridge Attendant
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Ashley Artus
as Gang Leader