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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2004)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:19
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Despite its morbid subject matter, Wilbur is a charming and often funny film.
Theatrical Release:Mar 12, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: The chronically suicidal Wilbur (JAMIE SIVES – 'Glasgow Kiss') and his good-hearted big brother Harbour (ADRIAN RAWLINS - Breaking The Waves) are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving... [More]
Starring: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Julia Davis
Director: Lone Scherfig
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Reviews for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Top CriticWilbur has the ability to suck you in, to make you cheer on the strangest of indulgent families.
05/13/04
Top CriticWorth seeing.
05/07/04
Top CriticThough Scherfig is still partially enrolled in the Dogme school, her movie finds a happy balance with its equally adept eye for wide-screen composition and the raw complexity of real human emotion.
05/07/04
Top CriticHere is a movie that appeals to the heart while not insulting the mind or forgetting how delightful its characters are.
04/30/04
Top CriticA poignant, death-tinged comedy.
04/29/04
Top CriticA charming, life-affirming gem.
04/29/04
Top CriticA very good, offbeat movie with a very bad, offbeat title.
04/29/04
Top CriticThanks in part to the performances and director Lone Scherfig's restrained direction, it remains engaging to the last scene.
04/22/04
Top CriticThe acting is solid, but the tone is grating.
04/22/04
Top CriticProvides some wry chuckles, but much of it is as dark as a Glasgow winter.
04/09/04
Top CriticWhat makes Wilbur worth watching are its smaller bits.
04/09/04
Top CriticWilbur is packed with oddly affecting moments likely to stick with you.
04/02/04
Top CriticWilbur Wants to Kill Himself wants to be as shocking as its title, but it doesn't have the nerve.
04/02/04
Top CriticIt starts as a black comedy about suicide along the lines of Harold and Maude, then softens into a well-meant but sentimental piece about terminal illness.
04/01/04
Top CriticMs. Scherfig and Mr. Jenson have fashioned one of the most exquisitely life-affirming and love-affirming cinematic experiences of the year.
04/01/04
Top CriticCall this a brooding comedy or a darkly whimsical drama, Wilbur's willingness to mix gallows humor and real sadness make it something on which labels do not easily fit.
03/25/04
Top Critic[Scherfig's] agile touch is in evidence as she continues to mine everyday longings and love's improbabilities.
03/22/04
Top CriticI admire some of it. I liked the performances. I thought the script was slow and I thought it had kind of a dingy slow dull over all feel to it.
03/15/04
Top CriticWilbur is wonderfully acted and about as original a film as we've seen this year or last.
03/12/04
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