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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Wilbur begår selvmord (Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself)

2002

Lone Scherfig

Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Mads Mikkelsen ...

6.6

3,978

Drama. Comedy. Romance 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 second-hand bookshop in Glasgow. Wilbur survives yet another suicide attempt and goes to hospital, where he meets Horst (MADS MIKKELSEN - Open Hearts), a cynical psychologist and his empathic head nurse, Moira ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Lisa Nesselson Variety	"Beautifully scripted and winningly layed (...) Impressive balance of charm and bite"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Despite its title, this is a warm human comedy. (...) Here is a movie that appeals to the heart while not insulting the mind or forgetting how delightful its characters are. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A sweet and touching examination of stubbornness and oddity (...) Like its humor, the film's sentiment sneaks up on you"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] is so irritating I wanted to climb into the screen and give each of the sensitive characters their own individual face-slapping (...) Nothing in this tiresome contrivance looks real or human for one moment."	NEG
United Kingdom	Jamie Russell BBC	"With terrific performances from Sives (...) and Henderson (...) this quirky little movie's more charming than morbid, more funny than sad (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Anthony Kaufman Chicago Reader	"[It] falls short of the affecting, mordant wit of her celebrated Dogma 95 effort 'Italian for Beginners' (...) Scherfig aims at bittersweet irony, but Wilbur's suicide attempts yield neither pathos nor humor"	NEG
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"The misfits' romantic triangle is so deftly underplayed that an unfussy realism seeps into proceedings (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"'Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself' comes off a few degrees too warm. It's not fundamentally different from 'Italian For Beginners', but maybe maudlin human drama just looks better through a dirtier lens."	NEU

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