Review of Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007) by Ryan J — 21 Mar 2010

Wristcutters - A Love Story gives the impression that there's another world for suicides, provided they'll have to succumb to a dreary aftermath, much like our world, but with pastry skin. We're under the illusion of not really escaping anything, but working a dead-end job and living in an efficiency apartment.

That's where the story surrounds itself: all suicides are taken to an opposite world, where it's bleak and depressive atmosphere is the only thing they wake up to every morning. There are no stars and the inhabitants don't smile, but they're treated to the same extra-curricular activites like their live counterparts.

Considering the story is about suicide, a hard issue, it's somewhat optimistic in it's delivery. Even in death, you can find love and somehow beat the system if you know the right people. Wristcutters - A Love Story is off-beat, quirky and quite unconventional, but it's a warm film that has a happy-go-lucky ending.