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Wristcutters: A Love Story Review, by A. O. Scott of The New York Times
The afterlife can be a difficult place to set a movie, especially a comedy. Apart from the inevitable lighting and labor issues, there is the risk of alienating viewers with sentimentality, implausibility or questionable metaphysics. Then again, w...
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What a weird movie
This is a weird movie. Could have been more depressing though. But it a good little flick. I liked it.
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Patrick Fugit as
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Shannyn Sossamon as
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Tom Waits as
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Will Arnett as
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Leslie Bibb as
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Abraham Benrubi as
Erik - Shea Whigham as
Eugene - John Hawkes as
Yan - Mikal P. Lazarev as
Nanuk - Sarah Roemer as
Rachel
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After Zia (Patrick Fugit) commits suicide by cutting his wrists, he finds himself in an afterlife limbo that is much the same as his former reality, just slightly worse. This strange realm is populated by people who have committed suicide, such as Eugene (Shea Whigham), a Russian rocker who lives with his mother, father and brother (all suicide victims). Eugene is partly based on Eugene Hutz of the band Gogol Bordello, whose music features in the film as that recorded by character Eugene's old band. He kills himself on stage by pouring a beer he is drinking ("Dead Guy Ale", brewed by Rogue Brewing Company) onto his guitar. Together they waste most of their death in bars, until Zia learns his ex-girlfriend has also committed suicide. He and Eugene take to the road to find her, picking up hitchhiker Mikal (Shannyn Sossamon) along the way. She insists there's been a mistake and she is seeking the "people in charge" in order to be sent back. This trio of lost souls forms an uncommon bond, road-tripping through the afterlife and meeting memorable characters including an undercover angel named Kneller (Tom Waits).
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