It's a Wonderful Knife

Após matar um serial killer, Winnie vê a sua vida andar para trás. Revoltada, ela deseja nunca ter nascido. De repente, ela se vê em outro universo onde ela não nasceu, mas as coisas ficaram piores. Desde o trocadilho no título original, é impossível não ver que A Felicidade Não se Compra é a base dessa película, inclusive com os próprios personagens do filme assumindo isso. Aqui mesclada com a temática de slasher movies a la Pânico. Inclusive o assassino lembra muito o Ghostface, só que em vez de usar preto, ele usa branco e a sua máscara não tem expressão nenhuma. Até que visualmente é um assassino bem interessante, mas não acho que haverá continuação. O elenco é competente mas ninguém se destaca, a não ser Justin Long que faz o seu Henry Waters calcado em Donald Trump. O filme tenta mesclar a comédia e terror, mas nem sempre obtém bons resultados. Na parte do terror, até acerta no assassino e em algumas mortes bem visuais e com bastante sangue, mas não chega a assustar. Quando ao humor, apela para histeria e piadas formulaicas. Por fim, uma ideia interessante, já utilizada em outras produções, mas que não conseguiu todo o seu objetivo na mescla terror-paródia.

This is a slasher version of It’s a Wonderful Life and makes no bones about that. The main character (Winnie) kills a potential serial killer at the start of his spree. Instead of living happily ever after, a year on she finds herself with no boyfriend, unappreciated by her family and with no prospects. Like James Stewart before her, she finds herself on a bridge, considering throwing herself off. There is no angel here- the mechanism for the plot is never explained, although the Aurora Borealis seems to be connected to it. However it’s done, she finds herself in a would where she never existed and where the serial killer has been slaughtering people for a year. She builds up a friendship with the school weirdo, which results in a romantic sub plot. The two of them try to deal with the serial killer and get Winnie back to her real world. There are a couple of twists and turns to the plot. The slasher kills are formulaic, but well done. What makes this work is the acting, which is competent and the fact that the characters do sensible things. Some agreeable tension builds up and the villain of the piece is suitably crazed. It does suffer from over-sentimentality, but is still a good watch - and one where I was genuinely rooting for the characters rather than just hoping for a messy death.

this movie was kind of a let down. The casting was good Justin Long, Joel McHale, Katharine Isabelle and Jane Widdop. with a cast like that you think the movie would be good but that's were you are wrong. Justin Long overacted throughout the movie the other actors were not bad. the kills were cool. but what was wrong that there is a scene were Justin Long the bad guy has the people being mind controlled and they never tell you why or how. and the scene were the girl kills the guy without a fight scene in every slasher movie. the whodunit part was good but the rest not really. just if you want to watch this that's ok but its not a great movie.

Sakto lang. Ok sana na Christmas slasher movie kundi lang sa mga OA na pag ganap ng mga bida. Bukod tangi lang na si Justine Long ang ok sa pag arte. Oks din un concept nga na nabago ang buhay nya dahil sa pag wish sa aurora pero masyadong pilit lang talaga un pag arte kahit sabihin comedy horror pa to.

So dumb. Big fan of Justin Long in horror movies (Barbarian, Jeepers Creepers, Tusk, etcl) but this was almost unwatchable. Blonde main character is so annoying and everyone's acting is just so bad.

It's a nice premise but only an ok movie

A decent entry into the Christmas horror genre but doesn’t excel in any area. Nice to take the premise and turn it a bit more horror but doesn’t quite go far enough. Did like the cast but at times there could have been a bit more direction or control over the tone.

Loved this movie, it was really cool to see a feel-good slasher that focused on how horrible it is to feel alone in your depression and trauma. As someone who's contemplated suicide, and is LGBTQ2+, I felt really connected to the two main characters that were able to be there for each other; I really liked the idea that they're each Clarence for each other. I was impressed in how they were able to combine Hallmark with slasher; no easy task.

**2-Star Review: Such a Letdown** I love Christmas movies and slashers, so *It’s a Wonderful Knife* seemed like a perfect mix for me. Plus, with Joel McHale and Justin Long in the cast, I was hyped… but wow, what a disappointment. They barely get any screen time, which sucks because they’re the best part of the movie. The plot? Honestly, it’s pretty solid—had a lot of potential. But as a horror-comedy, it totally misses the mark. The jokes aren’t funny, it’s not scary in the slightest, and the writing is just… bad. Like, painfully bad. The acting? Meh. And for a slasher, where’s the gore? Where are the creative kills? It’s so tame it barely feels like a horror movie. This could’ve been such a fun, bloody, and darkly funny Christmas flick, but it’s just a wasted opportunity. I wanted to love it, but it’s just not good.

Stopped watching after 15 minutes. Same stupid tropes, same stupid characters.