You Kill Me

From the screenwriters of the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe comes the R-rated black comedy You Kill Me. It's an odd pairing, but at least you can say these guys have range. To helm this... Read more at imdb.com

THE GOOD - A very interesting film, start-to-finish, with a little action, romance, humor, melodrama, suspense....a good combination of a lot of things. The acting is good, led by the always-fascinating Ben Kingsley who plays the lead role. There was... Read more at imdb.com

"You Kill Me" is as dark a comedy as you can get. It may also be the first artistically successful romantic comedy noir. Directed by John Dahl (best known for his indie-noirs "Red Rock West" and "The Last Seduction" and... Read more at imdb.com

Far from perfect its absolutely charming with a super cast headed by Ben Kingsley as a hit-man with a drinking problem. Sent from Buffalo to San Fransisco to dry out when he blows a hit, Kingsley attempts to get his... Read more at imdb.com

Ben Kingsley plays a drunk hit man. Worst of all his drunkenness accounts for a hit going awry - he sleeps through it, stoned - so he's shipped off to San Francisco to get dry. There he comes under the... Read more at imdb.com

You Kill Me is a well-done black comedy starring Ben Kingsley (known best for his role in Ghandi as the title character) as a Buffalo, New York, hit man with a drinking problem, Tea Leoni as his sassy girlfriend, and... Read more at imdb.com

Quite uneven and rather heavy treatment of some topics meant to be amusing, but still, a pleasant change of pace from slasher or crasher movies. Kingsley is a drunken mobster somewhat unconvincingly told to attend AA by his godfather or... Read more at imdb.com

Hollywood loves assassins. You can't go more than a few weeks without a new hit-man movie hitting (sorry) the multiplexes. Hell, later this year, there's a movie coming out literally called "Hitman".The new trend seems to be putting comedic twists... Read more at imdb.com

"You Kill Me" has a raw, edgy feel that maintains a nice sense of tension throughout the movie keeping the audience off balance. This comedy drama, somewhat dark movie has great subtle wit and humor sparkled throughout the movie as... Read more at imdb.com

This film has been advertised as a thriller. The pacing of this film is very slow and much too slow to be classified as a thriller. If you watch this expecting a movie full of action and suspense you will... Read more at imdb.com

You Kill Me does a good job of balancing the serious issues of alcoholism with the cartoon-like character, Frank. Kingsley gives his usual good performance and plays Frank with a certain simplicity on top of a very complex individual. ... Full Review

But for the most part, "You Kill Me" works nicely and should rest agreeably with fans of black comedy and the so-called "neo-noir" genre of movie entertainment. "You Kill Me" takes four principal threads -- crime, romance, 12-step therapy and family loyalty -- and weaves them into a quirky and thoroughly entertaining movie. ... Full Review

Also noteworthy is Luke Wilsons understated, yet warm supporting performance, as well as the delightfully distinctive performance of the usually understated Bill Pullman . You Kill Me takes drama to caustic and cutting new heights. ... Full Review

You Kill Me" is a welcome addition to the darkly humored hit man genre and a welcome return for director John Dahl. Go see it for Ben Kingsley, stay for it to be nicely, often funnily, entertained. ... Full Review

You Kill Me is not a great film, because are a lot of bits that dont work. You Kill Me is not what I would call a great film; there are a lot of bits that dont work. There was a time I absolutely loved Ben Kingsley. ... Full Review

The time has come, I think, to officially create a sub-genre in the dramedy film category for the hitman movie. There have been a number of them through out history: The Professional , Gross Pointe Blank , Coldblooded , Mr.... ... Full Article

You did a great job Americanizing Frank although hes Polish. Can you talk the about the accent you used so well in the film. BK: Sure. I think I wanted him to have certain Polish rhythms, certain slightly Old World ... Full Article

When the preaching stops, however, there's music, fabulous music, culled from a historic 1991 tour across America that featured five masterful Gypsy bands from four countries - India, Romania, Spain, and Macedonia. ... Full Article

By Curt Schleier YOU KILL ME is one of those sharp, intelligent and funny independent films that DVDs were made for.Why? The difference between studio and independent films is less about quality - both are capable of producing extraordinarily... ... Full Article

Excuse me for expecting more of John Dahl, the director of such gripping psychological thrillers as Red Rock West (1992), The Last Seduction (1994) and Rounders (1998). ... Full Article