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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 17, 2007

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

B+

Details Limited Release: Oct 19, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 91 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Patrick Fugit and Shannyn Sossamon

LAND OF THE LOST Patrick Fugit experiences life after suicide in the absurdist indie Wristcutters: A Love Story

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The afterlife for those who refer to themselves as ''offed'' is a washed-out, dusty road to a SoCal nowhere in Wristcutters: A Love Story, a singular absurdist lark. But the residents are irresistibly hip, beginning with Patrick Fugit (Almost Famous) as the title suicide, and not limited to Tom Waits as the crackpot leader of a utopian community — utopian at least by suicide standards. The whole film is cracked, but in a stylish, downtown way. And there's a tonic appearance by Arrested Development's Will Arnett as...a (or is it the?) messiah. Heaven. B+

Originally posted Oct 17, 2007 Published in issue #961 Oct 26, 2007 Order article reprints

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