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Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 25-MAR-2008
Media Type: DVDThe world might have many people unhappy enough to commit suicide. But the quirky and imaginative Wristcutters: A Love Story suggests there’s a special place beyond this one for those who take their own lives, and it isn’t very pretty. Not that anything particularly bad takes place; it’s just that not very much happens at all. Director Goran Dukic, adapting a short story by Etgar Keret, presents an afterlife for those who kill themselves that looks pretty dreary, full of broken-down cars rotting on roadsides, roommates obsessed with cottage cheese, cops who don’t inspire a lot of confidence, and messianic losers promising paradise if only the dead, well, commit suicide all over again. Into the mucky mediocrity comes Zia (Patrick Fugit), a nice young man who opens his veins and ends up in this limbo for losers. There, he takes a menial job, finds an unlikely friend in Eugene (Shea Whigham), a laconic Russian rocker, and meets apathetic girls in a lousy bar. The monotony of it all is broken up, finally, when Zia gets word that his girlfriend back on the mortal plane also killed herself, prompting him to take Eugene on the road in search of her. Naturally, the trip becomes a journey in unexpected new directions and new hope (particularly when a comely hitchhiker, played by Shannyn Sossamon, jumps aboard), though a diversion at a camp for miracles run by an eccentric (Tom Waits) adds a lot of color. Full of low-key wit and intentionally low-rent surprises, Wristcutters is a vision of the persistence of the human heart even in the most somber circumstances. –Tom Keogh
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March 11, 2010
#1
I regret purchasing this movie. First the title, then after watching it for 10 minutes, you have no clue as to what is happening. 10 thumbs down
March 11, 2010
#2
I was supposed to have this movie by December 10th. Today is the 20th and I still don’t have it.
March 11, 2010
#3
I could not believe how horrible the movie was. The trailor looked great, I thought “What a clever idea for a movie!”. I was so utterly disappointed. The only reason I finished it, was in the hopes that the end would have some interesting twist. We had to fight not to fall asleep the entire way through. It had a twist, but it was not interesting or thought-provoking in any way. I wish I could have the hours of my life back!
March 11, 2010
#4
I ordered this movie a few weeks ago and upon recieving it, I tried to PLAY it on my
DVD Player – DID NOT WORK!
Computer – Barely viewable, very scratched and DODGY!
It was very disappointing, and I do not advise you buy this product.
It simply does NOT work.
Wristcutters – A Love Story
March 11, 2010
#5
This indie movie production strings together a number of novel and quirky conceits and tries really hard to be something different but, I’m afraid, ends up being nothing much at all, with only just enough engaging moments to keep one awake until the end. The actors make the best job they can of the flat and predictable dialogue that meanders its way through the tangled mess that substitutes for a plot. But even their (by and large) excellent performances do little to endear us to any of the characters involved or make us care much what happens to any of them (or indeed happened to bring them to where they currently are). And while the film has some amusing moments, the story’s messages are so over-stated and over-delivered, and its final resolution so predictable, that there is little satisfaction to be had from it overall.
All in all, one can’t help feeling that ultimately this movie just tries a little bit too hard to stay off-beat – but never really quite manages it!