Given its impressive balance of charm and bite, it looks like anything but suicide.
80
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Like 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.
Terminal 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.
80
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
The central trio of actors deliver engaging, pitch-perfect work.
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Directed 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.
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
New York PostV.A. Musetto
In the end, "Wilbur"' manages to look death square in the face and walk away laughing.
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
A story about people learning to know themselves through relationships to others -- delivered with gentle, offbeat humor.
70
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Full 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.
50
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A 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.
42
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Too chicly depressive -- and, for the most part, too dull -- to bear.
