Tuesday 14 June 2005

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)

It is a complete mystery to me how certain films come into being.  This is an interesting case in point since it is a Danish production with a Danish director and Danish writers, yet it is set in Glasgow and filmed in English (or rather Scottish brogue) with English-speaking actors.  It is surprisingly watchable and even moving in parts but can't seem to strike a balance between black humour as Wilbur does try to commit suicide (unsuccessfully) at the film's start and the rather bleak denouement which also involves a suicide. Wilbur finds a reason to live but only by our losing a far more likeable character. 

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