Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

"Wilbur wants to kill himself" is a (so)moving parable about how easy is to let yourself die when everything seems meaningless and how hard is to live when a disease is mining you. Wilbur looks like a nice guy, the... Full review

If you can get hold of this film it is well worth a look. Set in Scotland and telling the tale of a suicidal man whose life changes when he falls in love with single mother Shirley Henderson, it is... Full review

i think sense of humor is just SUCH an individual thing. perhaps the more subtle the comedic approach, the more difficult to identify and align with. I myself found this film totally engaging, amusing and lovely. i did not know,... Full review

Wilbur, who is seemingly unreasonably yet persistently suicidal, cannot live with himself. Harbour, his caring and gentle brother, can't live without Wilbur. The deaths of their parents has affected both brothers differently, making one unable to live normally, and the... Full review

the film was promoted as a romantic comedy. while this may be a bit misleading, it is definitely worth seeing. the characters are very likeable and the acting is excellent. will you fall in love with wilbur too?... Full review

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself is actually a very sweet, touching, and at times humorous film. The acting and script is wonderful. For those who like dramas, this one is worth seeing.... Full review

This film played in a small art-house theater in Los Angeles for several weeks with little or no promotion. I'd never heard of it and wondered why it continued playing for so long. I did not go to see it... Full review

I agree with my brother (above), this movie is Crap-tastic! Please for the love of god, if you see this movie arm yourself with a shovel, so you can ease your pain through out the picture. The pain that this movie... Full review

Just saw this today and I highly recommend it. Not sure why the viewer grades are so low but I thought it was a funny, poignant film.... Full review

I really liked this movie. Very heartwarming and close-up. It uses good humour and demands a bit from its viewer... very recommendable!... Full review

This movie may do better than Wilbur, but it won't be any kind of hit. Scott: Yes, and therein lies this movie's most glaring flaw: the absence of laughs. I also didn't get what was funny about Wilbur. ... Full Review

Wilbur has lost everything. Alternatively absurd and agonizingly real, "Wilbur" is a movie that is recognizable for the pity it invokes along with the pain it inspires. The films charms reside in its dialogue. ... Full Review

It helps that the cast is appealing.....while the oft-used Henderson (seen most recently in "Intermission") is solid, as usual.....In other words, suicide is the subject of some dramatic and comic moments here -.... ... Full Review

Actually, for a film whose title focuses on suicide, "Wilbur" is almost bright and chirpy. And he'd like to be able to go a week without Wilbur having one of his "episodes. ... Full Review

Harbour is nowhere near as charismatic as Wilbur, but he's the kind of guy that you can depend on. Wilbur" is more conventionally filmed than "Italian for Beginners" but shares its humanistic spirit. Scherfig has a refreshing sense of the absurd ... Full Review

skilled observer of the wear and tear to the human condition, Anders Thomas Jensen was responsible for penning some of the more memorable films of the Dogme movement: Mifune , the undervalued The King is Alive , and most recently... ... Full Article

The title pretty much says it all: Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself). the second movie by the writer and director of Italian for Beginners. Because he does. ... Full Article

Danish director Lone Scherfig, who had a minor hit with her Dogme film Italian for Beginners (a cute film worth renting, particularly if you're only familiar with Dogme films as somber), returns with this English language non-Dogme offering. ... Full Article

Synopsis: The chronically suicidal Wilbur (JAMIE SIVES - 'Glasgow Kiss') and his good-hearted big brother Harbour (ADRIAN RAWLINS - Breaking The Waves) are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving... ... Full Article

Any movie with the title "Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself" really owes it to the audience to explain at some point why Wilbur wants to kill himself. Unfortunately, Wilbur never does, and neither does "Wilbur." Instead, this humanist comedy-drama from ... Full Article

Well-written, enjoyable, offbeat black comedy drama from the director of Italian For Beginners , featuring a Next Big Thing-type performance from Jamie Sives. Wilbur (Wants To Kill Himself) is co-written and directed by Lone Scherfig, the Danish director who made... ... Full Article