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| Movie Review: Wristcutters: A Love Story Alternate Title: We are not in Kansas Anymore
Story: Is there a special place
for suiciders in the afterlife? Croatian director and writer Goran
Dukic seems to think so and it is not the place you would imagine.
Based on Kneller's Happy Campers by Israeli writer, Etgar
Keret we find a desert like, washed out landscape filled with
broken cars, an inability to smile, doom, gloom and quirkiness. In this
special place when a suicider meets another suicider they don't ask
'what's your sign'? -they ask how they 'offed' themselves. Is there love in the afterlife? So it seems as
our young suicider discovers that the love of his life also offed herself
and he embarks on a road trip with a friend in search of his love. It
is an odd road trip, buddy film and there are a few good laughs along
the way. This special place in the afterlife has the same annoyances
that the earthly existence had, such as - bad jobs, bad roommates, bad
choices. If you like your films with a hefty dose of quirkiness
you will find this film about suiciders strangely life affirming. Predilection: I like quirky
Critters: A cute white dog
Food: There are bad diners in the afterlife too.
Sex Spectrum: There is love but no sex shown in the
afterlife.
Soundtrack: A fun soundtrack with music by Bobby
Johnston
Opening Titles: A very interesting sequence showing
our hero before he offs himself. All titles at the end.
Visual Art: Not much visual pleasure in the afterlife.
Theater Audience: A handful of happy campers.
Sappy Factor: 0
Quirky Meter: 4
Squirm Scale: 0
Drift Factor: It was short enough that I did not have
the chance to drift.
Predictability Level: High
Tissue Usage: 0
Oscar Worthy: No
Big Screen or Rental: Rental would be fine.
Length: 90 minutes
LOBO HOWLS: 6 |