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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) Basically, at the very beginning, the protagonist commits the forbidden act of suicide, but instead of ending up in the usual heaven or hell, he finds himself in a world similar to ours, but slightly worse. He gets a slightly crappier job, lives in a slightly crappier apartment, the people around him are unfriendly and unwelcoming, and everything is covered in a grayish filter. I think it's a brilliant idea – some kind of hell is too cliché, but here you can try to kill yourself again, but the thought stops you – what if it's even worse next time? And so on, endlessly? In this place, he meets a new friend who, as expected for this place, turns out to be Russian. Then he learns that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide shortly after him and decides to get in his new friend's car and go look for her. And in the end, we get a road movie. It's done quite well, it's easy to watch, and the film is less than an hour and a half long – it's perfectly aware of its value and doesn't try to be something more, and therefore respects the viewer's time. And at the same time, it's set in a rather unusual setting, which will directly affect the entire plot. It's a good, comfortable movie, not brilliant and not reaching for the stars, but honestly delivering on its promise. Midnight Cowboy (1969) The description on Kinopoisk is not entirely accurate; sometimes I think it's written by a neural network because certain parts of the film are chosen and presented as if they were the main plot points, although in reality, they are not that important. But most likely, the person who writes them just watches movies with their butt. The premise of the film is quite simple – a young man from Texas decides to move to New York to earn money as a gigolo. Surprisingly, the brilliant plan doesn't work out, and he quickly sinks to the bottom of the social hierarchy. And in my opinion, this is the essence of the film – watching him and his newfound acquaintance live in poverty is quite heartwarming, if you can call it that, not necessarily interesting, but the atmosphere is conveyed well. It's also easy to watch, except for a couple of moments in the first third of the film with some kind of crazy, disjointed editing; I started to get a little tense, but fortunately, it didn't repeat after a certain point. I mentioned the plot from Kinopoisk because it suggests constant gay scenes, and formally, there is one such scene here, but absolutely nothing *special* is shown, no male kisses, nothing; you still have to understand that in Hollywood in 1969, such a thing was simply impossible. So, again, if you're willing to watch a movie about two guys at the bottom of society, it's a decent film. Oh yeah, this film is also the source of a certain meme phrase; you probably haven't heard it (except for Ples), but see for yourself: about 3 million views. I'll add that on Kinopoisk, both films have an average rating of about 7.5, but I rated both films around a six, interpret that as you will.