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The New York Times by Dana 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.
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75
Christian Science Monitor by David 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.
50
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.
75
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
A story about people learning to know themselves through relationships to others -- delivered with gentle, offbeat humor.
70
Wall Street Journal by Joe 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.
80
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
Given its impressive balance of charm and bite, it looks like anything but suicide.
42
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
Too chicly depressive -- and, for the most part, too dull -- to bear.
80
The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden
The central trio of actors deliver engaging, pitch-perfect work.
75
In the end, "Wilbur"' manages to look death square in the face and walk away laughing.