Wilbur
Wants to Kill Himself 2002
- Director: Lone Scherfig
- Seen by this director: Their Finest, An Education
- Based on book: no
- Cast: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen, Julia Davis
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Jamie Sivers - Chernobyl, Wild Rose, Game of Thrones, Last Chance
Harvey, Hallam Foe, Doctor Who
- Adrian Rawlins - Chernobyl, Darkest Hour, Harry Potter, Misfits,
Doctor Who, Breaking the Waves
- Shirley Henderson – Many
- Mads Mikkelsen – Many
- Julia Davis – Fighting with My Family, Cemetery Junction, Love Actually
- Why? Mads Mikkelsen and Shirley Henderson
- Seen: 1 January 2025
Wilbur (Sives)
tries to kill himself. Again. His brother Harbour (Rawlins) saves him. Again.
Wilbur resents that. Again. He’s sullen and unresponsive in group therapy.
The
brothers have inherited a nearly defunct bookshop. Alice (Henderson), a single
mum, comes in to sell books she’s found at the hospital where she works as a
cleaner.
The British are so good at these sad loser heavy tragi-comic films with superb actors doing quirky characters. Evidently the Danes are too.
4* of 5
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