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Directed by | Po-Chih Leong |
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Written by | Paul Hoffman |
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Cinematography | Oliver Curtis |
Edited by | Robin Sales |
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1998 |
Running time
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99 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Wisdom of Crocodiles (also released as Immortality) is a 1998 romantic thriller by Po-Chih Leong starring Jude Law. It is based on the book of the same name by Paul Hoffman.
Rotten Tomatoes gave it a total score of 47% and MetaCritic gave it 58/100.
Richard Corliss, of Time magazine. liked the film, claiming "... this cool, handsome thriller proceeds with an elliptical elegance." Others, however, have not been as kind, as Elvis Mitchell's review in The New York Times reveals.
Paul Tatara, of CNN, favorably reviewed the film, describing it as "stylish but anemic".
The film won the 1999 Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film.