Friends & Crocodiles (2005 TV Movie)
6/10
Very good but can be improved!
26 February 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Finally a movie that doesn't spell it out in plane words so the intelligent can watch without feeling that the director was being condescending, while it has it flaws it leaves you coming to your own conclusions and that seems to be the problem with other reviews. I can honestly say due to meeting highly intelligent people that they can be self destructive to a point where they are about to touch infinite success only to destroy it with their own hands. This to me was the point of the whole story and while some of the business processes are clearly flawed if you can get over the details you can see how the story makes its point. The acting was good (especially Damian Lewis and Jodhi May) however a lot more could have been done to expand the characters around them so that the story was smoother or more understanding, the problem is that the movie would be too long and if it made you feel uncomfortable it wouldn't have made a difference. I guess you need to have experienced something similar to relate to this story perhaps just friends who you meet every now and then.

The Metaphor of the crocodile was obvious to some but clearly missed by many to explain the story and i guess I'm happy that this is the case ;) Worth watching sure it has flaws and if you want a thinking movie that explores the eighties and nineties and have a friend who is on the road to self destruction you will perhaps even understand it.
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