Synopsis
While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.
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Cast
- Ben KingsleyFrank Falenczyk
- Téa LeoniLaurel Pearson
- Luke WilsonTom
- Bill PullmanDave
- Dennis FarinaEdward O'Leary
- Philip Baker HallRoman Krzeminski
- Marcus ThomasStef Krzeminski
- Scott HeindlJames Doyle
- Alison Sealy-SmithDoris Rainford
- Aron TagerWalter Fitzgerald
Recommandations
- 80
Washington Post
Frank (Ben Kingsley) meets Laurel (Tea Leoni), a woman who has been around the block a time or 200, and she likes Frank's directness, while he likes her unflappability. This is one of the greatest screwball relationships in years. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Leoni is one of the truly distinctive comic actresses we have in the movies today, a tough broad with murderously effective timing and phrasing. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The acting is fine -- and so is the moody-blues direction -- but, given the subject matter, the movie should be blacker and more disturbing. - 75
USA Today
Surely there aren't many emotionally fragile mobster stories left in the Hollywood arsenal. But at least Kill is a pretty good shot with the laughs. - 70
Variety
With an eclectic mix of strong-minded thesps all pulling in slightly different directions, this shape-shifting genre hybrid successfully commingles 12-step therapy, romantic comedy and hit-man thriller. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Its razor-sharp script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and the hilariously deadpan comic performances by Ben Kingsley and Tea Leoni make it a consistent pleasure. - 70
Los Angeles Times
We've seen the inner lives of hit men and mobsters rendered innumerably in recent years on film and television, but You Kill Me does it in a satisfyingly comedic way, loaded with easily identifiable idiosyncrasies. - 67
The A.V. Club
The main pleasure lies in watching a cast filled with fine character actors like Kingsley, Farina, Hall, and Bill Pullman work their way around the salty, noir-inflected dialogue. It's just unfortunate that those lines add up to such piffle.
