Well Deserved Praise

It is a performances centric movie

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

I found this movie by sheer luck a couple days ago. I was watching some cheesy chic flick I never heard of. For good reason. But this little jewel popped up in the preview section when that was over. I didn't even watch the preview. I just read the description. From my own crazy experience with suicide I knew I wanted to watch it. So I did. And i'm really happy that I did. The acting is good. The story is even better. I fell in like immediately with the two main characters. It's very interesting and kinda quirky. So the range of emotions are deep but presented in a light hearted way. If that makes sense. It will if you watch it. It's really sad that these days there's a lot of crappy movies that get a lot of publicity because so and so is in it or so and so produced it. This movie is one of the best indie's i've ever seen. I rated this an 8 because it left me feeling good. And it blows any mainstream suicide movie outta the water!! Enjoy!

It's just an overall terrible movie. The dialogue is painfully weak and lackluster and there are way too many awkward pauses and silences. The characters are not particularly captivating or engaging, minus maybe Mikal. The plot is not interesting or properly developed and starts to drag halfway through. I cringed during most of the second half of the movie, to the point where I wasn't even curious about the ending, which, of course, turned out to be a disappointment as well. Sloppy, corny and lacking any momentum.I'm very puzzled as to why it has a 7.4 and mostly positive reviews. I usually find myself agreeing -at least to an extent- with the ratings and the general consensus here, but this one... I really don't get it. The movie is a complete waste of an extremely exciting and intriguing premise.

The film begins with our hero; a good looking, 20-something guy, named Zia, waking up in his flat finding it trashed and so he decides to clean it. And thus, the credits start to roll. In the subsequent 3 minutes of screen time, Zia has cleaned up his apartment quite satisfactorily and then, he retires to the bathroom committing suicide. The moment Zia cut his wrist, I knew this is going to be one of those out-of-the-box indie films that never gets old or famous.The movie is basically about 3 people on a road journey through the wastelands of somewhere-out-there. Add a defunct, mysterious car to that and some philosophical questions about life, death and love and bam...you have "Wristcutters: A Love Story".Needless to say the best part of this beautiful, inspiring movie is Eugene (Shea Whigham). This actor is a genius. A near to perfect representation of a ungodly Russian man who only loves beer and his mother. Then we have another brilliantly portrayed love-plot between Zia (Patrick Fugit) and Mikal (Shannyn Sossamon). Moreover the supporting characters and the way they switched-it-off are a treat to watch. Not to forget the unlikely, unreal quests of Zia and Mikal.The film is based on a subject that could've lead to numerous moral, religious and scientific questions but the way Director-Writer Goran Dukić has picturised is undoubtedly a commendable effort. Wish to see more feature films from this intellectual.

Wristcutters is not a happy tale, but a somber one which begins with a suicide by Zia who slashes his wrists; oh joy, such an uplifting drama from Croation born writer- director, Goran Dukic; what the hell happened in his Baltic childhood? Zia dies and discovers that the afterlife ain't all that it's cracked up to be; no flying angels in white, playing with a heavenly choir, but instead a place with no flowers, no stars, and only dull colors. His fellow residents have all offed themselves in various ways. A Russian musician, Eugene, has poured a beer on his guitar while on-stage, thus electrocuting himself. He meets Zia and they go on a road trip in a car that has a black hole under the passenger seat, where objects put there disappear. Zia hears that his ex-girlfriend, Desiree, has also killed herself. On the drive, they pick up Mikal, a girl who insists that there has bee a mistake, and that she does not belong there and wants to find the people in charge. Just when you thought it couldn't any stranger, the trio almost run over a man lying in the middle of the road. It is Kneller(Tom Waits), who has fallen asleep while looking for his dog. He runs a commune where objects change color and people float. This bizarre world seems like a combination of Dr. Who meets Terry Gilliam. Mikal is obsessed with finding the the people responsible for sending her to limbo land, or whatever it is. She did not commit suicide, but took too much heroin by mistake. I am a big fan of Tom Waits; especially his music, and check him out for his small role in The Book of Eli. As for Wristcutters; you may cut yours after viewing it; what a downer.