Wristcutters: A Love Story
Autonomous Films | Release Date: October 19, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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91
Baltimore SunMichael 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
83
Seattle Post-IntelligencerGianni Truzzi
This delightful piece of whimsy uses its simple premise effectively to gain and keep our attention and to remind us simply that, while this world appears ordinary, it is still unbounded by reality. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The whole film is cracked, but in a stylish, downtown way. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubTasha 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
80
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Has an offbeat, absurdist charm that turns a potentially creepy conceit into an odd, touching adventure. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Turns out to be a sweetly grim lark: a road film through Limbo. It takes the self-pity associated with ending one's life and uses it for the purposes of mordantly aware comic fantasy. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
A quirky but surprisingly lighthearted dark comedy. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
For a film about suicides, Wristcutters: A Love Story is strangely life-affirming. This film about slackers stuck in limbo between life and death is upbeat in an offbeat way. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The result is wholly original, sort of like "The Wizard of Oz" as filtered through the sensibilities of Emir Kusturica, the cult filmmaker and musician. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Simultaneously dark and sweet, always a difficult combination to pull off. It views its characters with both archness and affection, and even as it lovingly recalls films of another era it insists that the painful awkwardness of youth is perennial. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
The film has a spry quality, but the jokes are neither funny nor dark enough, the quirky roadside episodes aren't sufficiently outlandish or imaginative, the romantic sparks don't convince and the plotting becomes increasingly silly and tedious. Dukic conjures an air of play and naughtiness, but that's about as deep as he cuts. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneJessica Reaves
Quite a bit darker than most mainstream romantic comedies. As you might not expect, it’s also quite a bit more inventive and far wittier than most mainstream romantic comedies. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It is neither as clever nor as funny nor as inventive as the daring title might lead one to expect. Read full review
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