Wristcutters: A Love Story

Name: Wristcutters: A Love Story
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Released: October 19, 2007
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Patrick Fugit, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits

2007

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Autonomous Films | Release Date: October 19, 2007 | R

Starring: Patrick Fugit, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits

Summary: From the moment Zia (in his late 20s) cuts his wrists and enters a bizarre afterlife reserved for suicides, this film becomes a strangely uplifting, comic tale about a journey through the hereafter. It is a world where everyone still bears the scars earned from the manner in which they "offed," and the everyday reality is a twisted mirrorFrom the moment Zia (in his late 20s) cuts his wrists and enters a bizarre afterlife reserved for suicides, this film becomes a strangely uplifting, comic tale about a journey through the hereafter. It is a world where everyone still bears the scars earned from the manner in which they "offed," and the everyday reality is a twisted mirror image of our own mortal world. (Halcyon Pictures)… Expand

Director: Goran Dukic

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 88 min

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Michael Sragow

Wristcutters: A Love Story is a lousy title for a lovely-loony picture about an afterlife for suicides. It's an off-road "road movie" about people who off themselves. Read full review

Tasha Robinson

For a film about suicide, Wristcutters is agreeably loopy and game. Dukic is bitterly funny rather than maudlin, and his carefully plotted grunge chic, in addition to being cheap, lends the film a great deal of Jim Jarmusch grime to go with its unmistakable Jim Jarmusch quirk. Read full review

Ruthe Stein

A quirky but surprisingly lighthearted dark comedy. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The movie isn't laugh out loud funny, under the circumstances, but it is bittersweet and wistfully amusing; the actors enjoy lachrymosity. We witness the birth of a new genre, the Post-Slasher Movie. Read full review

Eric Campos

Imagine a blend of "The Wizard of Oz," "Beetlejuice" and "Roadside Prophets" and you'll know exactly what Wristcutters is like. Read full review

Jan Stuart

It's borderline parody of a kind of fey filmmaking popular at crunchy-granola festivals, but the counterfeit aesthetic is ultimately outshone by the life-affirming message. Read full review

Jack Mathews

It's described as a black comedy, but you can forget the comedy part. There wasn't so much as a snicker at the screening I attended, though I may have heard a snore or two. Read full review

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JasonL.

Jan 13, 2008

There have been some great movies lurking around lately. This is one of them. A guy searches a strange land for his dead girlfriend. This is a touching, funny and bizarre road trip movie with a fantastic soundtrack. I watched this and realised that not every movie from America is bad, just most.

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LaurenH.

Dec 2, 2007

a delightful movie that was surprisingly funny and incredibly original, one of the best of the year