Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/12/2004(USA
Release Date: 04/01/2005
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Sundance
Danish filmmaker
Lone Scherfig, the writer and director of the 12th
Dogme 95 film, 2000's critically acclaimed
Italian for Beginners, presents this
comedy drama starring
Jamie Sives and
Adrian Rawlins as brothers
Wilbur and
Harbour. When their mother died early in their lives, it became up to
Harbour to keep tabs on
Wilbur, the younger and chronically depressed of the two siblings. Now in their thirties, their father has passed away, leaving them to take over the family's used book store. It is there that they encounter
Alice (
Shirley Henderson), a hospital janitor who sells the books that patients leave behind, and her young, optimistic daughter,
Mary (
Lisa McKinlay). Together, the four form a bond that changes each of their lives, with
Harbour falling in love with
Alice and
Mary's sunny demeanor giving the suicidal
Wilbur a reason to live. The first English-language effort from
Scherfig,
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself was nominated for best film at Denmark's 2003 Bodil Awards.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
