i think it was technically fairly well done, but i think the basic plot is a big FAIL.The Jude Law character feeds on blood, but can walk around in daylight with no issues. The problem is that when he feeds on women to stay alive, the women have to die in the process.Trying to stay alive is generally admirable, but trying to stay alive at the cost of other innocent people's lives is going too far. Once he crossed this road, he was no longer someone I could identify or sympathize with. Here's an analogy: Suppose the cure for a particular type of cancer turned out to require the killing of an innocent person at least once a month. The cure ends up being worse than the disease. You end up transforming from a victim of cancer into a mass murderer. This is sort of similar to the plot line of this story. You can't really glamorize it or hold it in any kind of positive, romantic light, because there is none. Which all makes me wonder what qualities in the story drove the people involved in producing this movie to actually green light it.

This movie has been out for a long time, and nothing I can say in a review is going to have much of an effect on who might see it, if anyone will indeed see it anytime soon. But, just in case you are undecided, if you have just run across it and only have x hours and x minutes for a movie, then please go watch it. It is very, very good.OK, I already contradicted myself.A great deal is said these days about the derivative nature of some films, as if a bit of an homage to great cinema automatically relegates a movie to less than average status. I think that sort of thing is unfair. In fact, I think it is OK if something I see reminds me of something I liked before. I still like the effect, and maybe more.In fact, so many now sit back, throw darts, and identify contemporary work as derivative that their silly conformist critiques are pretty...you guessed it, derivative! You are thinking 'ok, maybe but...what about this movie' So, imagine cinematography from Hitchcock in America, soundtrack by middle period Bernard Hermann, Jude Law before he became a boring caricature of Brits (Dr. Watson), a vampire script unlike any you have run across before and an intriguing non-blonde that Hitch would never have employed in Elina Löwensohn and you have this movie in a nutshell.Of course, like almost every other vampire movie it ends sadly. If you are into vampire sad endings, well then here you go.If you like a good drama about a vampire with crisp dialogue and unusual characters, with a minimum of blood and slashing, then here is a movie for you. If you like your vamps otherwise then steer clear.Better yet, if you enjoyed Byzantium as I did (to a guilty extreme I must admit) then see this movie and you will be quite happy indeed. What happened to Jude, he seemed on such a roll especially after picking off Nazis in Stalingrad.Maybe he just bled out? Probably.

This film is about a vampire in modern day London, who needs to feed off blood of love."The Wisdom of Crocodiles" is an interesting tale of love. The plot shows in detail how one can be touched by love and make the greatest sacrifice for love. However, the low budget shows itself throughout the film, and I kept thinking it would have been great if there were more visually stimulating scenes to counterbalance the dark tone of the film. I think Jude Law could have done better in his acting. He looks rather restricted in his facial expressions, maybe it was because it was one of his early films.

This is a film that is beautifully haunting, and requires much thought from the viewer. Narrated by poetry infused with pain from Steven Grlscz (in a spellbinding performance by the great Jude Law), who captivates from the very beginning by describing his agony to his audience. Steven is a metaphorical "vampire" (for lack of a better term), he physically must have the love from the blood of those he seduces to survive. The love creates a manifestation in the blood that he must have to live, without it his body will shut own. Steven's body forms physical manifestations of the different emotions he feels after each killing, further enrichment to an already brilliant script. Emotions taking a Steven's pattern is broken when he meets a woman who he actually loves (a very memorable and lovable Elina Lowensohn),and he cannot bring himself to immediately harm her. This is a film that is not to be missed, as it is full of superb performances and an exceptional story.