Wristcutters: A Love Story Wristcutters: A Love Story
2006 Directed by Goran Dukic
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Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip, with his Russian rocker friend, to find her. Their journey takes them through an absurd purgatory where they discover that being dead doesn't mean you have to stop livin'!
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We all know the common religious belief that if you're a good stand-up person you go to Heaven and if you're a cunty prick you go to Hell, but where do you go if you commit suicide? I mean, commiting suicide is never the best option, but it doesn't make the person bad or good and they don't necessarily have to be bad or good; it just means they had it rough and couldn't go forward. What happens to that person after life if not Hell or Heaven? That is the question raised in Wristcutters.
There's something about this film that really resonates on a second viewing. For some reason, the meaning and the emotion behind this film packs an…
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Wristcutters takes an weird, interesting concept and completely rolls with it, committing fully to creating a limbo-ish world where people who commit suicide reside. Its a bleak and desolate place that is kind of like the real world, "only a little worse" as our main character Zia puts it.
I absolutely loved this movie the first time I saw it. I was able to buy in fully to the general concept and thought it was a unique enough of a world that I was fully absorbed. On this repeat viewing, those general feelings were lessened a little bit. There is a bar scene in the beginning where Zia and two girls try and guess how other people in the bar…
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A movie called Wristcutters and you think its about a bunch of emos falling in love and cutting them self? boy was I wrong.
Pretty nice concept about people who have killed them self living in another life like world.
The movie follows Zia who has commited suicide and is now living in this world among other people who have offed themselves. He finds out his girlfriend has also killed herself about a month after him so he set's out on a roadtrip to find her.
Wouldn't hurt checking it out even for just the concept alone.
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Absolutely beautiful
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Had some kinda funny moments. More depressing then anything. I guess that's the point but it was a bit to much. Still enjoyable in that dark humor sort of way. The acting was good. The story was alright. It held my interest for the running length. It's alright. Worth a watch.
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A super weird movie. Kid breaks up with girl, kills himself, goes to the afterlife which is exactly like the real world only nobody smiles and there are no stars. He learns that his living girlfriend has killed herself, so he and his new afterlife buddy go on a trippy road trip to find her. They pick up a typical ‘quirky chick’ on the way says she didn’t kill herself and is trying to find the ‘People In Charge’. I won’t ruin the ending for this flick because it’s pretty good. I enjoyed that Will Arnett is in it as, guess, a magician. Good stuff.
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Despite only clocking in at around 88 minutes, this movie feels like a long, disappointing bus ride to an uninteresting destination.
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I'm usually not into romances but this is acceptable and indie and cute.
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A fun movie? i guess
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You wouldn't expect to have so much fun from a movie called 'Wristcutters,' but thanks to great chemistry between the three leads and deft handling of what otherwise could be a good idea gone wrong, 'Love Story' buoys itself into the world of recommendable dark comedy.
The idea of this movie is that all the people who commit suicide end up in their own special little afterlife. No one smiles and each soul bares their self inflicted wound. Zia's (Patrick Fugit) girlfriend Dessiree (Leslie Bibb) has killed herself. Zia follows suit and in his attempts to reunite with his love he is joined by an eccentric Russian (Shea Wigham), a beautiful woman who may just be a processing error (Shannyn Sossamon), and a block hole toting car.
'Wristcutters - A Love Story' is a surprisingly funny, easy to watch, and freshly inventive twist on the suicidal romantic comedy genre. That's a thing yeah?
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i wish they would just hurry up and go to hell
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Baby's first screenplay.
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This film, along with Kids, were the first films that really opened my eyes to the indie movie scene. I read the synopsis on a random website one day when I was looking for something else, and I thought it sounded like something that might be interesting. Who would have known then that this quirky, low budget film would become my favorite of all time?
Patrick Fugit (Almost Famous, Spun) does an amazing job as Zia, a disconnected youth that decides to take a different path than most. It’s not clear exactly why he does this, and that’s one of the things in this movie that I really like. His situation is open to interpretation, and it gives you freedom…
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this is absolutely one of my favorite movies and everybody should see it, but let's be real--i'm only putting this review here so i can tag it.
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A nice dark comedy, that sometimes leans a little too heavily on the quirk. However, it does it with so gusto while taking the slightest of winks that it worked for me. Patrick Fugit is surprisingly good and should probably be in more movies.
If anything, this movie will probably get you into Gogol Bordello, while giving you a slightly different lens with which to view love and existence.