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Movie Overview
Cast
• Patrick Fugit
• Shea Whigham
• Shannyn Sossamon
Director
• Goran Dukic
MPAA Rating
R - for language and disturbing content involving suicide
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh
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"it is, like the limbo it portrays, a peculiar hybrid of recognisable, second-hand elements that somehow add up to something entirely sui generis - an idiosyncratic piece of magical realism whose characters are literally on the road to nowhere."  musicOMH.com  Anton Bitel

3.5/5
"Though it goes a bit wonky toward the end and seems to travel a very long way to drive home a rather simple point, Wristcutters: A Love Story remains a wonderfully evocative experience."  PopMatters  Bill Gibron

D+
"It's a shapeless, flavorless Sundance blob that rolls around for 85 of the longer minutes you'll find in a theater this year."  eFilmCritic.com  Brian Orndorf

D
"Boring, morose and uneventful, "Wristcutters: A Love Story" is a stinky little picture that mocks the afflicted while giving them a pat on the back."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

2/4
"The story's dialogue may be wry, but what should have been a jumping-off point for a lively discussion about the meaning of life is really just a philosophically shallow wasteland."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B+
"This is one of the more creative, unusually entertaining things I've seen in a while."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

B-
"There are problems here, but they're of the good-natured variety -- the flaws of a smart film that aims high."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

2.5/4
"It is neither as clever nor as funny nor as inventive as the daring title might lead one to expect."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

B-
"It's uneven story pulls it back to earth, but many of its ideas are transcendent."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

4/5
"Wristcutters: A Love Story is like a suicidal Wizard of Oz."  Bronsonfive  Michael Ferraro

C+
"Fugit ably keeps this superficially controversial, and yet actually rather conventional, film from devolving into obnoxious oddness."  Lessons of Darkness  Nick Schager

3/5
"While it's quirky and intriguing, this is the kind of wilfully nutty black comedy that treads the extremely thin line between inventiveness and pretentiousness."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

A
"It focuses on its own unique voice, and trusts that those who want to hear it will follow."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Rob Vaux

7/10
"A tribute to ultra-low budget explorations into the unknown and the politically incorrect. This is the stuff that art is made of."  Monsters and Critics  Ron Wilkinson

4/5
"The Wizard of Oz meets What Dreams May Come by way of, oh I dunno, something post-apocalyptic, snarky, and fun."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg
OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh
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