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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyLisa NesselsonVarietyLisa NesselsonGiven its impressive balance of charm and bite, it looks like anything but suicide.
- 80The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensLike its humor, the film's sentiment sneaks up on you, and so does the dramatic reversal that makes it something more than a collection of wry anecdotes.
- 80TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxTerminal illness, depression, suicide and one very angry young man: If there's such a thing as a kitchen-sink comedy, writer-director Lone Scherfig's sad but often very funny film is it.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe central trio of actors deliver engaging, pitch-perfect work.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittDirected and cowritten by a veteran of Denmark's no-frills "Dogma 95" movement, this is a quiet, no-frills drama with simple human values at its core.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoIn the end, "Wilbur"' manages to look death square in the face and walk away laughing.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardA story about people learning to know themselves through relationships to others -- delivered with gentle, offbeat humor.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFull of life -- which is a very good thing to say about a story that turns on death -- wonderfully odd, and a gallery of perfect performances.
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanA kindred exercise in ensemble cheer and cozy humanism -- not as sentimental as it might be but cheerfully affirmative in dispelling the darkness of its premise.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanToo chicly depressive -- and, for the most part, too dull -- to bear.