Thanks in part to the performances and director Lone Scherfig's restrained direction, it remains engaging to the last scene.
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04/22/04
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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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Reviews for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Top CriticThe acting is solid, but the tone is grating.
04/22/04
Top CriticAn upbeat film about a downer topic.
04/17/04
A compelling mixture of dry humor and even drier -- if you can imagine such a thing -- sentiment.
04/16/04
Provides some wry chuckles, but much of it is as dark as a Glasgow winter.
04/09/04
What makes Wilbur worth watching are its smaller bits.
04/09/04
Scherfig has a delightfully warped sensibility that can make stock tales lively and can also make films that are filled with death but are still weirdly life affirming.
04/07/04
A dreary and uninviting drama ... only for those who have been complaining that their lives have been too sunny lately.
04/04/04
Wilbur 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
supported by three stellar performances, Wilbur outshines its flaws and becomes something pretty special
04/02/04
Deadly good.
04/01/04
It 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 CriticLike Elaine May before her, Scherfig makes comedy out of human misery without ever trivializing it.
04/01/04
Even the most minor character is endowed with the dignity of a back story that respects their influence on the lives of Wilbur, Harbour and Alice.
03/30/04
Henderson saves the weird, adorable project with one of her patented portrayals of a passive loser who learns to assert herself in a unique, subversive way.
03/26/04
Call 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 CriticIf we never do find out exactly why Wilbur is so intent on offing himself, it almost doesn't matter, given Sives' magnetic, star-making performance and the careful, elating mixture of comedy and pathos.
03/25/04
[Scherfig's] agile touch is in evidence as she continues to mine everyday longings and love's improbabilities.
03/22/04
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