Wristcutters: A Love Story

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Wristcutters: A Love Story

R

2007

1h 32m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

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Despondent after breaking up with his girlfriend, Zia kills himself and wakes up in a bland purgatory populated by other suicides. He takes a job at Kamikaze Pizza and befriends a Russian rocker named Eugene while trying to make the best of a very dull afterlife. Learning that his ex-girlfriend has also killed herself, Zia embarks on a road trip with Eugene to find her, picking up a feisty hitchhiker along the way.

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Critics Consensus

Wristcutters: A Love Story sounds like a normal enough indie flick. Boy meets girl. Boy gets separated from girl. Boy goes on a road trip with friends to find girl and gains a new perspective on life. Except everybody's dead.

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Amy Nicholson

I.E. Weekly

02/22/2008

B-

It misses the opportunity to examine why a community of people - each of whom has already given up on life - would band together to form a new society of desperate misfits.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

11/23/2007

1/5

It is a staggeringly awful road movie, not much enlivened by the presence of Tom Waits as a wizened participant.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

11/23/2007

3/5

The purgatorial premise is pleasingly eccentric but, in the end, Wristcutters falls victim to its washed-out mood, and limps bloodlessly to a close.

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Kathi Maio

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

03/04/2020

Realistic other-worldness is a challenge, especially in a live action film...Wristcutters: A Love Story couldn't quite pull it off...

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Jeff Otto

ReelzChannel.com

02/09/2011

6/10

Ian Berriman

SFX Magazine

10/11/2010

This road movie romcom wont leave you reaching for the razor blades.

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Arlo D

@Maoez Feb 8

No idea what film most of the critics were watching, but this one is funny and interesting to me throughout.

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Tracy U

@Tracyule Oct 22

Dark but Goran Dukic's film is whimsical and optimistic about life.

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Landon J

@Minxsykitty Aug 24

A pretty cool premise, and a very decent ending. Interesting take on afterlife antics, and pretty thoughtful. Not left feeling bored despite it's theme of, well, boredom. Worth watching.

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no o

@RT76850400 07/16/2025

love this movie so much tuff topic but managed to be comfort movie

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john h

@RT11274104 06/04/2025

A culturally renewed vision of the afterlife of those who have committed suicide and the average elements of an independent romance flick with dark humor. Wristcutters is a profound road trip film that is charming and different where the predicaments of the typical romance film are caused by desire and regret - both played out comedically and sometimes in an attempt to do so emotionally.

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Christopher R

@RT52515500 04/02/2025

This hidden gem is a darkly hilarious and oddly heartwarming journey through a quirky afterlife for suicides. The chemistry between Patrick Fugit and Shannyn Sossamon is electric, and Tom Waits steals every scene he’s in. The offbeat humor, killer soundtrack, and surreal vibe make it unforgettable. It’s like if Tim Burton and Wes Anderson had a beautifully twisted baby.

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Synopsis

Despondent after breaking up with his girlfriend, Zia kills himself and wakes up in a bland purgatory populated by other suicides. He takes a job at Kamikaze Pizza and befriends a Russian rocker named Eugene while trying to make the best of a very dull afterlife. Learning that his ex-girlfriend has also killed herself, Zia embarks on a road trip with Eugene to find her, picking up a feisty hitchhiker along the way.

Director: Goran Dukic
Producer: Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly, Mikal P. Lazarev
Screenwriter: Goran Dukic
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: No Matter Pictures
Rating: R (Content Involving Suicide|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 19, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $231.5K
Runtime: 1h 32m