Wristcutters: A Love Story
2006 · Movie · R · 88 min · ★ 7.0 · 64% critics
After a breakup, a man unexpectedly discovers an afterlife that mirrors his old life but feels worse. When he learns his ex also ended their life, he and a new companion set out on a road trip through a bleak, surreal landscape searching for her.
Based on Kneller's Happy Campers
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2007-10-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (625 votes)
About
You might like this if you enjoy quirky road-trip stories with a dark-comedy vibe and an imaginative afterlife, and you’re okay with slow stretches; Not for you if bleak suicide-related themes and gloomy, surreal settings turn you off, or if you want sharper, more consistently involving momentum like Punch-Drunk Love.
Pros: unique bleakly charming afterlife; darkly witty tone; road-trip chemistry | Cons: slow or uneven pacing; romance may miss; some endings confuse
Themes
- suicide
- afterlife
- camping
- road trip
- black hole
- purgatory
- hitchhiker
- break-up
- death
- ex-boyfriend ex-girlfriend relationship
- road movie
- record player
- +7 more
Cast & crew
Patrick Fugit
as Zia
Shannyn Sossamon
as Mikal
Shea Whigham
as Eugene
Leslie Bibb
as Desiree
Mikal P. Lazarev
as Nanuk
Mark Boone Junior
as Mike
Abraham Benrubi
as Erik
Mary Pat Gleason
as Eugene's Mother
Clayne Crawford
as Jim
Anthony Azizi
as Hassan
Directed by Goran Dukić