Wilbur

Original title: Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

2002
R
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Dark Comedy Comedy Drama Romance

The chronically suicidal Wilbur, and his good-hearted big brother, Harbour, are in their thirties when, their father dies and leaves them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in... Read allThe chronically suicidal Wilbur, and his good-hearted big brother, Harbour, are in their thirties when, their father dies and leaves them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.The chronically suicidal Wilbur, and his good-hearted big brother, Harbour, are in their thirties when, their father dies and leaves them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.

Director
- Lone Scherfig
Writers
- Lone Scherfig
- Anders Thomas Jensen
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

8.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Lone Scherfig
Writers
- Lone Scherfig
- Anders Thomas Jensen
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 10 wins & 21 nominations total

Videos4

Trailer 2:21

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

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Wilbur Wants To Kill Homself Scene: Scene 2

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Wilbur Wants To Kill Homself Scene: Scene 2

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Wilbur Wants To Kill Homself Scene: Scene 1

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Wilbur Wants To Kill Homself Scene: Scene 3

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Trivia
One of a more or less successful series of foreign language film made by Danish filmmakers using Danish money, after the success of Danish language films around the world. Others include Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), It's all about love (2003), Dina (2002), Dogville (2003), Skagerrak (2003) and The King Is Alive (2000).

Quotes
Harbour: Wilbur. When you were dead... what was it like?
Wilbur: Harbour, you've got a hangover. You're not going to die.
Harbour: Of course not. I know that. But what was it like?
Wilbur: What do you mean?
Harbour: Is there anything there? Is there some kind of huge white light?
Wilbur: It's as dull as ditchwater. There's nothing. Just blackness and utter silence. It's a bit like being in Wales.

Connections
Featured in Det store lærred: Wilbur begår selvmord (2002)

Soundtracks
Auld Lang Syne
(uncredited)
(when Wilbur tries to cook the duck)

User reviews53

Featured review

9/10

A celebration of life... and suicide

"Wilbur wants to kill himself" is a (so)moving parable about how easy is to let yourself die when everything seems meaningless and how hard is to live when a disease is mining you.

Wilbur looks like a nice guy, the kind of man women like, he's good-looking, he has a brother who loves him... it doesn't seem like his existence is that miserable. Nevertheless he wants to leave this world, that's one of men's last rights so he'll try to kill himself in any possible way. On the contrary, his brother Harbour is full of life, he's an enthusiastic person, he's in love and he's just get married... how ironic, he has an incurable cancer, but that won't stop him from clinging to life till the last consequences.

Scherfig has moved away from the stupid DOGMA corset, and creates a perfect balance between the smile and the crying, tenderness and misanthropy, between life and death. She reduces the roughness of the hardest moments with a sarcastic turn or relying on the darkest sense of humor (that's always the best antidote against tragedy). Step by step she shows Wilbur the right way (and to all of us). No moral judgments, no dogmatism... there's no need to. Wilbur is a celebration of life, but is also a show of respect for those who don't wanna live anymore. Eventually it is a celebration of the best cinema: the one that makes you feel better.

*My rate: 8.5/10