Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)

Memorable, crazy movie

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

A different way of telling a story

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

So, I found Wristcutters on Amazon Prime the other day. I almost scrolled past it because I thought it was going to be another cheaply made, poorly produced waste of time (you wouldn't believe how much of that is on Amazon Prime!), but then I saw the ratings were quite high. I gave it a chance and I quite liked it. As a Comedy, I wouldn't say Wristcutters is a massive success. I laughed a couple of times and chuckled a few times, but nothing really got my guts bursting. As a quirky little adventure, however, it's fun. Despite being a movie about suicide, there's an slight air of optimism throughout the character interactions and dialog that makes it all the more intriguing. The characters are also pretty well written, too. Each one feels unique and has a clear goal in mind. The plot and setting are also quite interesting. While some of the later reveals are a little predictable, the plot usually surprised me with a twist I never saw coming. All in all, this a hidden gem. If you're not super disturbed by anything even related to suicide, I'd give it a shot.

Although the movie starts off in a slow weird way, once you watched through you'll learn to like the characters and love their friendship. WristCutters is worth watching.Despite it's box office earnings "wrist cutters" is fun and takes the audience on an adventure through the dreary afterlife in search for Zia's love. The acting is good and the story is excellent for a low budget movie. WristCutters is not long and has just the right amount of "funny" leaving you wanting more.If you like dark comedies, romance and friendship you should without a doubt see WristCutters.

Story displays elevating affirmation of life and underdogs will to find in motion what was lost in crossing over. Introductory scene's purpose was to give us the image of Zia's chaotic life. We can see his ''break on through to the other side''. After he offed himself, he is transferred to the parallel world: A line which preface action both in the film and short story reveals a dreary and melancholic setting: ''Everything is the same here, it's just a little worse''.''And as we're crossing border after border, We realize that difference is none'' - just like the Gogol Bordello's song says, this analogous world isn't so different from the alive one. A movie can be classified as a road movie because they spent the greater part of time driving over desolate, meandering countryside. Eugene's car has broken headlights which cannot be fixed and that is reason why they cannot drive at night. Also, there is a hole underneath the seat and Eugene is angry when Zia drops his sunglasses in it. ''Anything that goes around that car seat is lost forever.''Whole paragraphs of texts were transferred from story to screenplay, but the director Goran Dukić dared to change crucial thing, the ending. The director gave it a totally altered felicitous note by ending it differently. He used down the rabbit hole in Eugene's car to rejoin Zia and Mikal, so not all things which vanished in whole were lost. Kneller, who turns out to be Person In Charge steals Zia's file. At the end of the movie we can see Zia waking up in the hospital and the Mikal is lying next to his bed smiling each other, so we don't know whether whole this underground trip was a part of the coma. It is MacGuffin effect; the director leaves the decision to us. Melancholic mood was complemented with good background musicIt is one of those masterpieces which you like because they are so weird and probably no one knows about them so You can have them just for yourself. It is a low budget movie, but it transmits high hopes.

The film begins with our hero; a good looking, 20-something guy, named Zia, waking up in his flat finding it trashed and so he decides to clean it. And thus, the credits start to roll. In the subsequent 3 minutes of screen time, Zia has cleaned up his apartment quite satisfactorily and then, he retires to the bathroom committing suicide. The moment Zia cut his wrist, I knew this is going to be one of those out-of-the-box indie films that never gets old or famous.The movie is basically about 3 people on a road journey through the wastelands of somewhere-out-there. Add a defunct, mysterious car to that and some philosophical questions about life, death and love and bam...you have "Wristcutters: A Love Story".Needless to say the best part of this beautiful, inspiring movie is Eugene (Shea Whigham). This actor is a genius. A near to perfect representation of a ungodly Russian man who only loves beer and his mother. Then we have another brilliantly portrayed love-plot between Zia (Patrick Fugit) and Mikal (Shannyn Sossamon). Moreover the supporting characters and the way they switched-it-off are a treat to watch. Not to forget the unlikely, unreal quests of Zia and Mikal.The film is based on a subject that could've lead to numerous moral, religious and scientific questions but the way Director-Writer Goran Dukić has picturised is undoubtedly a commendable effort. Wish to see more feature films from this intellectual.