loading loading...

Dear Wendy Details

2005 Certificate 15 Certificate 15 (TBC)
  • Rated:
  • 50
  • from 4430 members

A young boy in a nameless, timeless American town establishes a gang of youthful misfits united in their love of guns and their code of honor. Read more

Starring Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon
Director Thomas Vinterberg
Genres Drama

Sign up Dear Wendy DVD

loading loading...

Dear Wendy cover art

Dear Wendy

A young boy in a nameless, timeless American town establishes a gang of youthful misfits united in their love of guns and their code of honor.

Starring Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon, Novella Nelson
Director Thomas Vinterberg
Studio HIGH FLIERS
Run time DVD: 1 hr 41 mins
Watch now: 1 hr 41 mins
Certificate DVD: Certificate 15, Watch Online: Certificate 15 (TBC)
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Watch Online: English
Dubbed None
Hearing-impaired None
Subtitles DVD: None
Released DVD: 28 Nov 2005
Watch now: 15 May 2009
Production year: 2005
Watch now Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (4) of Dear Wendy

    View all

  • Lets be clear from the off: this witty, and provocative dissection of American gun culture may be directed by Thomas... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

  • Brilliantly original and darkly cool

    • Dazed and Confused
    • Posted 08 Oct 2007

  • Most helpful member's review of Dear Wendy

    View all
  • 21 out of 27 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Action with flair...

    If you look at this film as a piece of art, and you just want to enjoy a damn good story without searching for metaphors or morality then you’ll be delighted. Its nicely paced, looks beautiful and the performances are very good indeed. The writer and director both claim that there’s no message about guns/America’s attitude to guns in the film, and that stands up. I can, however, also see that people will argue that there is a distinct message about violence, but I’m also certain that you could find equal amounts of people who see an anti-gun message and those who claim it glamorises firearms.

    The actions of the gang may seem extreme, but anyone who has spent even one day feeling “left-out” can identify with the fervency that the group succumb to once they finally feel that they belong with a group of like-minded individuals.

    The film doesn’t give me a chance to do one of those lazy “x meets y” reviews because I can’t think of a similar film. One can recognise aspects of Lars Von Trier’s other works in the script and certainly in the graphics, but the director has stamped his own style on the film.

    For those of you who do want one of those lazy reviews try “The Breakfast Club meets The Quick and the Dead” – now that’s got you wondering…

      • pigtiger from Suffolk
      • Posted 06 Dec 2005 11:31

  • Most recent members' review of Dear Wendy

    View all
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Guns galore

    This film could have and perhaps should have bored me to death. It's basically about a group of friends who came together over their mutual respect and love for guns, they even have names for their favourites. Jamie Bell in the lead role plays someone who has a fascination and love for a particular gun which he names Wendy, hence the title Dear Wendy. The film has a certain amount of power behind it mostly due to the wonderful narration throughout the film by Jamie Bell. I think this film succeeds because it's not about guns at all if you look beyond the western style finale. It's about people and their bond with one another, and their capacity to love anything, even if that thing is a cold gun called Wendy. I recommend this for its originality, and congratulate the director on daring to make such a risky film. Watch and enjoy the experience.

      • Paul Dawson from Devon, England
      • Posted 14 Mar 2006 21:40

  • News and features

    View all
    The Boss Of It All

    The Boss Of It All

    • 26 Feb 2008

    Lars von Trier tries his hand at comedy! There's usually a mischievous twinkle in his eye even when Denmark's most daring director (and its most celebrated neurotic) is tackling such serious subject matter as slavery (Manderlay), hypocrisy and exploitation (Dogville), and gun culture (Dear Wendy - which he wrote). But the sour ironies that underpinned these films are quite different from the playful delight that sparks The Boss of It All. In the opening voice over von Trier promises no... Read more

  • Image gallery

    View all
    Showing 1 to 1 of 1

    loading

  • More like this

    View all
    Showing 1 to 4 of 20

    loading

Find cinemas


Rating breakdown

4,430 Member ratings
  • 100
151
  • 90
186
  • 80
351
  • 70
531
  • 60
771
  • 50
668
  • 40
618
  • 30
488
  • 20
445
  • 10
221

Related user collection

Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop

    • Dear Wendy

    • Dear Wendy
      A young boy in a nameless, timeless American town establishes a gang of youthful misfits united in their love of guns and their code of honor....