Wow, I ADORE this movie. Now, we all know I'm not the most girly of girls, so it figures that one of the only romantic films I love features characters that are all dead. However, in my defense, "Wristcutters" isn't just a love story, it's also wildly hilarious, and it has a FANTASTIC soundtrack.
Starring Patrick Fugit, one of my favorite underrated young actors, the story takes place in a sort of purgatory, where those who have comitted suicide live a bland, boring life. One of the most entertaining parts of the film are the little vignettes of each character's suicide, my personal favorite being that of Russian rocker Eugene, (who is based loosely on the lead singer of the band Gogol Bordello, a friend of the director's and whose music is used liberally within the film) who electrocutes himself with his guitar. Fugit's character is on a search for his ex-girlfriend, who killed herself soon after he did, while he meets up with Shannon Sossamyn's character, a chick who believes she doesn't belong in this purgatory of losers and is in search of the "people in charge". Featuring great cameos by Tom Waits and Will Arnett, this film is quirky, funny, and entertaining. Nothing in this movie is exactly what meets the eye, for instance, a particularly hilarious scene featuring our lovebirds after a touching evening together on a.....beach. We'll just call it that.
