Wristcutters: A Love Story

Continuity mistake: When young Kostya is standing on the table with the jump rope tied round his neck, its knot repeatedly changes position, from Kostya's front to his back.

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Continuity mistake: When they first see Kneller lying on the road there is no line on its surface, but a yellow line appears in the next shot which disappears and reappears in following shots. (00:47:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Mikal is trying to hitchhike after avoiding arrest, Zia walks back to Eugene's car and the back passenger side window is open, but when Zia gets in the car that window is rolled up. (00:41:30)

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Continuity mistake: After Zia helps Mikal avoid arrest, when she walks to the road to hitchhike she has the back pack on her back in the wideshots, but in her close-ups the backpack disappears. (00:40:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Eugene and Zia pick up Mikal, who is hitchhiking, and then drive away, there is a windshield wiper on the back window that suddenly appears and then disappears. (00:26:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Zia finds the two pairs of sunglasses from Mikal in the back seat, their positions in his hands change between shots. (00:37:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Zia finds the two pairs of sunglasses from Mikal, he hands one pair to Eugene, who puts it on with his right hand. Next shot, as he positions the glasses, the cigarette that was in Eugene's left hand is suddenly in his mouth. (00:37:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Mikal walks out of the diner she passes the window with its curtains pulled together, covering it, but next shot when Zia stands up the curtains are pulled apart. (00:36:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Mikal steals the 'shoplifters' sign, the lines are evenly spaced, but when she burns the sign the space between the first and second line has tripled.

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Continuity mistake: When Mikal asks Eugene if she could drive the car, she puts her backpack through the window onto the back seat, however in the next shot the backpack is still on her shoulder.

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Continuity mistake: At the diner, when Mikal writes on the 'no smoking' sign, in the wide-shot she holds a pen and begins to write on the letters 'm' and 'o', but in the close-up she is writing with a thick black marker and the previous writing on the 'm' and 'o' are gone.

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Continuity mistake: When Zia is having dinner with Eugene's family, as they all clink their glasses together, Kostya holds his glass up in his right hand, but next shot it is his left hand that holds the glass. (00:12:35)

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Continuity mistake: After being told that Desiree moved, Zia gets into the front seat of the car and hands Mikal, who is sitting in the backseat, the 'turquoise' flowers. However, as Eugene drives away, Mikal is now in the front seat and Zia is in the back. (00:46:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Mikal first gets into the car with Eugene and Zia, she rolls down her window about six inches, but next shot that window is rolled up. (00:26:15)

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Eugene: Cute? That's what they say about the puppy. The only thing worse is good friend, or nice person. In plain English it means I'll leech off you as long as I can, but don't even think about getting into my pants.

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Trivia: Included in the film's soundtrack are the songs from performers/composers who have themselves committed suicide, such as Joe Meek and Rozz Williams.

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