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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
Scherfig shows a flair for comic melancholy ... as well as eccentric characters like Wilbur, who initially comes across as off-putting and self-obsessed, but later becomes, if not exactly warm, at least sympathetic.
These are characters who are quite worth spending a few hours with.
Wilbur has the ability to suck you in, to make you cheer on the strangest of indulgent families.
Top CriticUnexpected plot twists keep us interested.
This is one special movie.
There are pleasures to be had.
Worth seeing.
Though 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.
The tricky, even contradictory tone, which would be a failing in most films, ends up making "Wilbur" even more endearingly odd.
A 'slice of life' from filmmakers who, however earnest their intentions, can't offer anything but cheerless Celtic proletarian whimsy.
May I please go ahead and openly declare my unwavering adoration for Shirley Henderson?
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Here is a movie that appeals to the heart while not insulting the mind or forgetting how delightful its characters are.
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A poignant, death-tinged comedy.
A charming, life-affirming gem.
It's a film where the emotions are as complicated as this world.
A very good, offbeat movie with a very bad, offbeat title.
On the surface, Wilbur is "nice," but it also has extra weight and a darker flavor
This vivid examination of brotherly love and its consequences never stints on the complexities of the heart or the fascinating ambiguities of life.
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