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Ok,
I’ll probably go to hell for laughing about suicide, but this movie’s
just too wickedly funny – and objectively speaking, it shouldn’t be:
It starts out with Kristen (Melissa Malone), who wants to, no, who’s
determined to commit suicide, and the only thing that stands between her
and eternal sleep is how to do it. She wants to go out in style, wants to
make an impact with her death she has never made while alive – and she
doesn’t want it to hurt too much or leave room for the chance of
surviving the deed. So obviously, her suicide needs a bit of preparation,
which obviously takes some time – enough time for her friend Nancy
(Diann Gogerty) to stumble into her apartment. And Nancy isn’t stupid,
she has figured out what Kristen’s about to do in no time. That said,
Nancy isn’t terribly bright, either, as she’s quick to give her advice
on how to end her life, what to write in her suicide note, and which loose
ends of her life to tie up before leaving this plane of existence – to
hilarious results.
Now
I won’t even argue with anyone who says suicide isn’t a laughing
matter, because indeed it isn’t – but this film, wildly funny as it
is, doesn’t make fun of suicide as such, but packs what’s essentially
an anti-suicide message into a humorous story that doesn’t try to drive
its agenda home sledge hammer style but makes a – successful – effort to
entertain while subliminally making one think. And all the strong acting
and capable direction aside, this is mainly thanks to very clever writing
– apparently the Cremer brothers just really
like to spin a yarn, getting the most out of the movie’s basic situation
and putting a lot of spins and “what ifs” onto it, in a way that draws
the audience in in a light-footed manner. And a thought through structure
really helps keeping things from becoming repetitive or redundant, instead
it gets everything flowing rather beautifully.
Well
worth a watch for sure!
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