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Director:
Goran Dukic
Writers:
Goran Dukic (screenplay)
Etgar Keret (short story "Kneller's Happy Campers")
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Release Date:
2 November 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Romance more
Tagline:
Life is a trip, but the afterlife is one hell of a ride. more
Plot:
A film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
9 wins & 5 nominations more
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(17 articles)
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A wild, wacky, enjoyable ride - you won't slit your throat in the middle of it more (62 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Patrick Fugit ... Zia

Abraham Benrubi ... Erik

Shannyn Sossamon ... Mikal

Shea Whigham ... Eugene

Leslie Bibb ... Desiree
Mark Boone Junior ... Mike (as Mark Boone Jr.)

Cameron Bowen ... Kostya
Mikal P. Lazarev ... Nanuk

Clayne Crawford ... Jim

Tom Waits ... Kneller

Chase Ellison ... Kid Kostya
John Hawkes ... Yan

Will Arnett ... Messiah
Adam G. ... Gas Station Attendant

Mary Pat Gleason ... Eugene's Mother
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pizzeria Kamikaze (International: English title) (informal title)
Pizzerija Kamikaze (Croatia)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and disturbing content involving suicide.
Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA | Croatia | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Eugene kills himself on stage by pouring a beer onto his guitar, he is drinking "Dead Guy Ale", brewed by Rogue Brewing Company. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Kneller finds Mikal and Zia sleeping on the beach, we see a needle poking through Zia's shirt. In the next shot, the needle is gone. (A short scene of dialogue where Zia takes the needle out of his shirt was edited out.) more
Quotes:
Zia: I'm not going out tonight. It just makes me depressed.
Eugene: So, what you gonna do? Kill yourself?
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Movie Connections:
References Nanook of the North (1922) more
Soundtrack:
Cry Myself To Sleep more

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57 out of 71 people found the following comment useful.
A wild, wacky, enjoyable ride - you won't slit your throat in the middle of it, 9 August 2006
8/10
Author: Chris Docker (eyeforfilm) from Scotland, United Kingdom

Sometimes we find beauty in the strangest places; and, remarkably for such a gruesome title, Wristcutters could probably be said to be a rather uplifting affirmation of life, hidden within a seriously quirky black comedy. Set in an afterlife reserved for people who commit suicide, it seems to contain wacky nuggets of truth from oddball characters including Zia, searching for the love of his life, Mikal, an accidental visitor, Eugene, a Russian musician that electrocuted himself on stage from being badly heckled, and the weird and wonderful Kneller, played by the ever-mysterious Tom Waits.

Zia slits his wrists and promptly wakes up in a world resembling this one, except that the colours are rather washed out and nobody smiles. He abandons his job at Kamikaze Pizza to search for his former love Desirée, and soon makes close friends with Mikal and Eugene, who accompany him on one of the strangest road trips since Dorothy lost her innocence in the Wizard of Oz.

What gives Wristcutters its edge, are the frequent, addictively interesting, and not immediately fathomable symbols that keep cropping up and nagging away like in any good movie that yearns for cult status: such as the black hole under the passenger seat where things just disappear. We just know that place - how many things have you lost there? Then there are people who are just far too weird to have been dreamt up on the back of a Hollywood paycheck: like the throat-singing mute, the dead-again messiah, or the policeman who still has a hole in his head.

There is a temptingly meaningful logic at work that will leave you fitting the pieces together long after the film has finished. Explaining how to perform minor miracles to the lovelorn Zia, Kneller tells him: "As long as you want it so bad, it's not going to happen - the only way it's gonna work is if it doesn't matter . . . " We soon start looking for clues to this rather crazy world and here Mikal (played by the much under-rated Shannyn Sossamon) looks like a good bet - but then so does anyone if you let your imagination run wild enough.

The religious orthodoxy behind the ultimate ideas of Wristcutters is a weakness, but it is put subtly and light-heartedly so will be inoffensive to most viewers.

If the stars in your sky have gone out for a while, maybe treat yourself to this zany and very well-produced story to set them on fire again. Wristcutters - a Love Story is at once touching, hilarious, thought-provoking and a hugely enjoyable ride.

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