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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2004)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:66
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.1/10
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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...the kind of picture one is more inclined to admire than embrace Full Review |
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4/5 |
Lone Scherfig has masterfully combined rather dark, serious topics with a little humor and a lot of humanity. Full Review |
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Scherfig presents the message with a creative flair that will appeal to indie film lovers who appreciate well drawn characters Full Review |
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Feels schematic, contrived and less genuine. Full Review |
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Wilbur is less about adherence to cinematic restrictions than it is about characters, and Scherfig was able to coax subtle, comic performances from her actors. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Although at times too low-key, Wilbur is a humorous and strangely uplifting film about death and dying. Full Review |
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D+ |
More plainly dreary than morosely captivating... a movie that seems rather irresolute about exactly what sort of feelings its hypothetically meant to be conjuring up. Full Review |
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B- |
It's certain parts of the film that I enjoy rather than the film as a whole. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
You may laugh, but you won't always like yourself for it. Full Review |
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Pretty enjoyable. Full Review |
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Amid the bloody pulp that is cinema this season, the director of Italian for Beginners offers a fresh look at the old death wish. Full Review |
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3/4 |
You can almost believe that Sives and Rawlins are brothers, while the oft-used Henderson ... is solid, as usual. Full Review |
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These fragile, self-destructive people, practically in spite of themselves, manage to charm their way into our hearts. Full Review |
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Wilbur is strangely romantic, but in no way sentimental. Full Review |
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