Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

disgusting, overrated, pointless

A Disappointing Continuation

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

So I never wrote a review before, but I just felt I needed to write one for this film. I have to say that I'm generally very critical about comedies because they seem to me just stupid and the stories are too often absolutely void of any meaning. I usually don't like comedies. In fact, I'm usually too critical about any kind of movie. I'm too critical about people around me. I'm too critical about life in general. I'm too critical about anything at all. And that's part of the reason why I needed to watch this so badly. I tend to appreciate films and art in general that seem powerful, tragic, dramatic, that capture the depth and tragic beauty of life and existence. This film is the absolute opposite in a way and yet it reached much deeper. The whole ambient of the film is very good. It's very relaxed, very careless, and leaves you in a great mood and happy about what you have. In a way, it reminds me of the Big Lebowski. It reminded me in a very heartfelt way that life isn't about achieving, winning or loosing, it's not so much about the moments of sudden change (like death, or a separation, or the loss of a loved one) which we usually overvalue, but a lot more about the nice moments which we overlook - the in between. The film is an in between moment. The characters are in some kind of quest. But the way it's shown to you makes you realize that in no way the final point of the quest is in any way more important than the moments in between. I absolutely loved the ambient and the characters. They're just enough to the crazy side and just enough down to earth. Also, the way some parts of the plot seem to make not so much sense or are a bit absurd just adds up to the nice carefree feeling. And obviously also the way that death or the afterlife is portrayed. I know I'm giving an absolutely personal and subjective perspective of the film. But I felt I should say this because this film just reminded me or even made me realize that life isn't really a tragedy in a moment when I most needed that. Watch this if you need to feel good (: I loved it. 9/10 (which I don't give easily and is the maximum I've ever given)

This film tells the story of a slacker stuck in a California-like purgatory for people who killed themselves. Kinda started to watch this film because a lot of interesting side characters from different films ended up acting here (Fugit and Sossamon to name a few) but I ended up being very disappointed. Given the premise has some promise, it just never took off into something interesting and worthwhile. Everything about this film is very mediocre and stale.Likewise , the acting minus that Russian guy in the film is very uneven and uninspired and the story is haphazardly paced and lacks tension to make it something more than what the film offers. Overall, the film is just too safe and basic for its own good but tolerable if interested. [2.5/5]

I kept seeing this movie pop up on IMB in the "People who watched this also liked..." section of some of my favorite fantastical movies with romantic elements such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (not seeing it anymore), so after many years I decided to rent it. It didn't have much to do with those. It was obviously low-budget and it wasn't as good as I hoped. I loved the concept of suicides going to some kind of limbo, which is actually just like here, but a little worse. I liked the little fantasy touches such as the void in the car, people not being able to smile, matches flying up, etc, that showed some creativity. I liked the little suicide flashbacks that were sometimes darkly humorous. I liked the main actress with the dark hair that reminded me of a younger Angelina Jolie. I wasn't crazy about the road trip story, wishing more had been shown of the initial town and daily life. I didn't care for the music by Eugene. It didn't "suck" per say but better songs and soundtrack would have helped the mood. I didn't find the movie laugh-out-funny but it was amusing by moments. The romantic aspect was not so bad, I rooted for them, but it felt somewhat lacking and got torpedoed by the contrived ending. I enjoyed the movie much less than I should have considering the subject matter and themes I usually love.Rating: 6 out of 10 (Good)

Wristcutters is not a happy tale, but a somber one which begins with a suicide by Zia who slashes his wrists; oh joy, such an uplifting drama from Croation born writer- director, Goran Dukic; what the hell happened in his Baltic childhood? Zia dies and discovers that the afterlife ain't all that it's cracked up to be; no flying angels in white, playing with a heavenly choir, but instead a place with no flowers, no stars, and only dull colors. His fellow residents have all offed themselves in various ways. A Russian musician, Eugene, has poured a beer on his guitar while on-stage, thus electrocuting himself. He meets Zia and they go on a road trip in a car that has a black hole under the passenger seat, where objects put there disappear. Zia hears that his ex-girlfriend, Desiree, has also killed herself. On the drive, they pick up Mikal, a girl who insists that there has bee a mistake, and that she does not belong there and wants to find the people in charge. Just when you thought it couldn't any stranger, the trio almost run over a man lying in the middle of the road. It is Kneller(Tom Waits), who has fallen asleep while looking for his dog. He runs a commune where objects change color and people float. This bizarre world seems like a combination of Dr. Who meets Terry Gilliam. Mikal is obsessed with finding the the people responsible for sending her to limbo land, or whatever it is. She did not commit suicide, but took too much heroin by mistake. I am a big fan of Tom Waits; especially his music, and check him out for his small role in The Book of Eli. As for Wristcutters; you may cut yours after viewing it; what a downer.