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- 2004
- R
- THINKFilm
- 1 h 51 m
- 2004
- R
- THINKFilm
- 1 h 51 m
Directed By: Lone Scherfig
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen, Lone Scherfig
- 2004
- R
- THINKFilm
- 1 h 51 m
- 2004
- R
- THINKFilm
- 1 h 51 m
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
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User Score
Generally Favorable
7.0
Directed By: Lone Scherfig
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen, Lone Scherfig
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
69
77% Positive
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23% Mixed
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What makes Wilbur worth watching are its smaller bits: Mads Mikkelsen's hilarious performance as a taciturn psychiatrist and Julia Davis's equally funny portrayal of a needy group therapy counselor.
Terminal illness, depression, suicide and one very angry young man: If there's such a thing as a kitchen-sink comedy, writer-director Lone Scherfig's sad but often very funny film is it.
Exceptional black dramatic comedy.
A warm human comedy.
Directed and cowritten by a veteran of Denmark's no-frills "Dogma 95" movement, this is a quiet, no-frills drama with simple human values at its core.
Scherfig aims at bittersweet irony, but Wilbur's suicide attempts yield neither pathos nor humor.
Too chicly depressive -- and, for the most part, too dull -- to bear.
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Generally Favorable
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Production Company
Zentropa Entertainments,
Wilbur Ltd.,
Scottish Screen,
Sigma Films,
TV2 Danmark,
Glasgow Film Office,
Sveriges Television (SVT)
Release Date Mar 12, 2004
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
Tagline The life he wanted to end, was just about to begin
Awards
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 7 Nominations
Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
British Independent Film Awards
• 4 Nominations
