- Actors: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen
- Directors: Lone Scherfig
- Writers: Lone Scherfig, Anders Thomas Jensen
- Producers: Gillian Berrie, Ib Tardini, Karen Bentzon, Peter Aalbęk Jensen, Sara Harkins
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Warner
- DVD Release Date: 19 April 2004
- Run Time: 109 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0001FYQ0O
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 95,810 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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That rare thing, decency, shines out of Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself), a wonderful and dark-humored comedy about a would-be suicide. The depressive Wilbur (Jamie Sives) is the opposite of his big-hearted brother, Harbour (Adrian Rawlins), yet he remains irresistible to women--including Harbour's new live-in girlfriend.
Director Lone Scherfig uses the grey-skied Edinburgh location in much the same way she did her native Denmark in the terrific Italian for Beginners; the gloomy setting belies the vaguely magical things that might happen to the characters. Scherfig knows just how to balance different tones (and in a comedy about a suicidal man, she has to), and she's great with actors, even in small roles. Special standouts here are the beaming Rawlins and Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (King Arthur), as a stoical, chain-smoking doctor. How nice it is to see a movie that makes you feel good without coming on all icky about it. --Robert Horton
DVD Description
The chronically suicidal Wilbur (Jamie Sives - Glasgow Kiss) and his brother, Harbour (Adrian Rawlins - Breaking The Waves) inherit a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow when their father dies. Wilbur survives yet another suicide attempt and goes into hospital, where he meets Horst (Mads Mikkelsen - Open Hearts), a clinical psychologist and his empathetic head nurse, Moira (Julia Davis - Big Train). Like Harbour, they believe that Wilbur needs a girlfriend. But even though women fall for Wilbur all the time they can’t get close to him. In fact, it is Harbour who falls in love with a shy and beautiful single mother, Alice (Shirley Henderson - Bridget Jones’ Diary). Soon Alice and her young daughter move into the bookshop and little by little the four of them become inseparable. Wilbur starts regaining his lust for life and Alice starts to come out of her shell. Harbour has never been happier, but he carries a deep secret that threatens to surface.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unforgetable movie,
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This review is from: Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) [DVD] [2003] (DVD)
A friend lent this movie and it hung around for a while before we got around to watching it, the title is not very encouraging. But it is a great, understated and thoughtful movie about ordinary (sort of) people showing extra-ordinary friendship. What Habour does for Wilbur remains with you long after the movie finishes.Watch it, listen to the words and be rewarded.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great bittersweet black comedy, with a touch of romance,
This review is from: Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) [DVD] [2003] (DVD)
I believe the title of this film puts a lot of people off, but the film is really a great black comedy with a splash of added romance. A great Scottish cast put in some fine performances to portray the lives of brothers Wilbur (compulsively suicidal but witty) and Harbour (the older, reliable one) who are left to run their father's Glasgow bookshop when he dies. Add love interest Alice and things get quite interesting as a love triange develops. This film takes an alternative, dark and witty look at the tough topic of suicide but never gets depressing and there are many laugh-out loud moments interspersed to keep the mood light. The film was shown at the 57th Edinburgh International Film Festival and after watching it I tried to convince everyone I know to go and see it! Fans of black comedy will not be disappointed.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wit and observation,
This review is from: Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) [DVD] [2003] (DVD)
If I told you this film was about 2 lonely brothers who live above a run down book shop they inherited from their father, one of whom keeps attempting suicide, and the other who tries to keep him alive, would you want to see it? I probably wouldn't either, but one of my friends persuaded me to join him at Kino (a film club at the local University) that shows the type of films that appear relatively infrequently at the local multiplexes. And I was glad he did. Understated acting from all the cast and wonderful observations made the characters worth caring about, and despite the picture of doom and gloom I painted, there's a wonderful wit that runs through this poignant tale.
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