Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

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:

Afterlife | Messy House | Black Comedy | Suicide By Gunshot | Breakup

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:

Argentina:13 | USA:R | Australia:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

No Matter Pictures

Trivia:

After Mikal asks Zia for his name, she repeats it saying Zmia (zmija) which in Croatian means snake.

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:

Hulliganjeta

Enlightening

Where do we end up when we die? What type of hell do we go to if we've "offed ourselves" as the characters in WRISTCUTTERS say? This fanciful movie opens with Fugit's character Zia organizing, cleaning, and straightening his room, readying himself for his death. In the blink of an eye, we see Zia's body on the floor of the bathroom, blood everywhere, and we're transported to a world which is hot, dull, endless, and sad. Zia discovers that everyone in this world has offed themselves, and the physical traits remain. Zia offed himself because of intense sadness caused by his girlfriend Desiree. He's befriended by Eugene, whose whole family is there. There days are filled with drinking, doing odd jobs, and trying to make the time pass. But Zia discovers that his girlfriend has committed suicide and he's on a mission to find her. With Eugene, they roadtrip ... to nowhere, searching for the woman and meet Mikal, who is also on a search, for the PIC: People in Charge. The film follows these characters as they search for something, someone to fill the void that they had when they were alive. The film is well shot with great music and tender moments. The only negative about the film is the writing. It would have been much more interesting to see an arc in Fugit's character, instead, it's rather straightline as everyone around him changes.