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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 them with nothing but a worn down... [More]
Starring: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Julia Davis
Director: Lone Scherfig
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01/26/06
Lone Scherfig has masterfully combined rather dark, serious topics with a little humor and a lot of humanity.
01/24/05
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11/11/04
Scherfig presents the message with a creative flair that will appeal to indie film lovers who appreciate well drawn characters
08/29/04
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.
06/04/04
Although at times too low-key, Wilbur is a humorous and strangely uplifting film about death and dying.
06/03/04
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.
05/31/04
It's certain parts of the film that I enjoy rather than the film as a whole.
05/27/04
Amid the bloody pulp that is cinema this season, the director of Italian for Beginners offers a fresh look at the old death wish.
05/17/04
You can almost believe that Sives and Rawlins are brothers, while the oft-used Henderson ... is solid, as usual.
05/14/04
These fragile, self-destructive people, practically in spite of themselves, manage to charm their way into our hearts.
05/14/04
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.
05/14/04
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