Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

Director:

Goran Dukic

Writers:

Goran Dukic (screenplay)
Etgar Keret (short story "Kneller's Happy Campers")

Release Date:

2 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Life is a trip, but the afterlife is one hell of a ride.

Plot:

A film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide.

Plot Keywords:

Tape | Telephone Call | Bathroom Scene | Loud Music | Police Radio

Awards:

9 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Patrick Fugit	...	Zia
Shannyn Sossamon	...	Mikal
Shea Whigham	...	Eugene
Tom Waits	...	Kneller
Will Arnett	...	Messiah
Leslie Bibb	...	Desiree
John Hawkes	...	Yan
Mikal P. Lazarev	...	Nanuk
Sarah Roemer	...	Rachel
Abraham Benrubi	...	Erik
Azura Skye	...	Tania
Nick Offerman	...	Max
Mark Boone Junior	...	Mike
Jake Busey	...	Brian
Clayne Crawford	...	Jim

Also Known As:

Pizzeria Kamikaze (International: English title) (informal title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and disturbing content involving suicide.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

No Matter Pictures

Trivia:

The soundtrack features songs from a number of famous suicides: Del Shannon, Ian Curtis, Nick Drake, and David Sutch. Gram Parsons, whose drug overdose is paralleled by Mikal's OD, is also featured.

Goofs:

Continuity: Approximately 44 minutes into the movie, when Zia first encounters the note written by Desiree, she writes the letter "I" in cursive, when he goes outside to show it to his two friends, the letter "I" in the note is shown again in print.

Quotes:

Eugene: I'm not sitting in the back.
Zia: Why not?
Eugene: Cause everybody knows guy in the back seat doesn't have a cock.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-11-03)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Cry Myself To Sleep

An excellent film

An excellent film and well worth seeing: It defies pigeonholing into a genre; it's a romantic comedy, but not *at all* like the stereotypical romantic comedy, even if it does use some of the same conventions. It's a road movie, but not in the traditional sense. The dynamics and even the plot work and are believable, requiring less suspension of disbelief than I would've imagined. The music and cinematography work well into a story that is darkly/morbidly funny but also a bit sweet, without being saccharine. The acting is well done and the characters believable and quite well developed. This is definitely an art-house film, but one that it really decently pedestrian and accessible, rather than esoteric or exclusionary (that is, appealing to only art-house film lovers). The sound works well, and visual effects are only ever momentarily cheesy.