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I Love You to Death is a spotty black comedy from Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill)--based on a true story--that stars Kevin Kline as a womanising pizzeria owner whose mousy wife (Tracey Ullman) tries multiple ways of murdering him with the aid of sundry friends and hired hands. The film never picks up the necessary momentum or develops the necessary tone to drive it and one is left picking and choosing which of the performers is at least adequately entertaining. Kline is good but perhaps a bit too theatrical and Joan Plowright is hilarious as his mother-in-law. The funniest joke in the whole thing belongs to William Hurt and Keanu Reeves as deeply stoned, would-be-killers who emerge from a taxi and look as if they can't remember what planet they're on. --Tom Keogh
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Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I absolutely loved this film. I laughed all the way through from the first line to the last. The acting was fantastic especially River Phoenix and Kevin Kline who were sensational. If you are looking for a comedy I strongly recommend this film. It's one you will watch over and over again.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Brilliant comedy and highly recommended.The acting and characters are first class!!!
You will wet yourself laughing,physically!!!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
An interesting and largely enjoyable comedy whose cartoon-like characters manage to find the funny side of everyday things like adultery and attempted murder. Like Lawrence Kasdan's best films (Big Chill, Silverado) this is essentially an ensemble piece with everyone getting their turn in the spotlight. Kevin Kline's romantic Italian seems a close relative Chico Marx. Joan Plowright is the Yugoslav mother-in-law from hell. William Hurt and Keanu Reeves (who actually acts for a change) perform a Cheech and Chong-like double act as a pair of stoned assassins. Most pleasant surprise is Tracey Ullman's effective, and largely straight, role as Kline's long-suffering wife who is prompted to murder him when she discovers that he is a serial adulterer. But she wants it done nicely ("I want him dead, but I don't want him hurt" she explains). There are many wonderful moments as the cast bounce (sometimes literally) off one another. Some good dialogue, too (Kline's opening confession is priceless). But Kasdan's overall pace is somewhat uncertain. Moments that should be peaks - such as when the police discover Kline in bed with bullet wounds - seem to just fizzle out. And the happy ending - in such a black comedy - seems curiously misjudged. But there are many compensations, including the fact that the film does not seem to be overly concerned with political correctness.
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A gem of a comedy......
For some reason lots of people have not seen this film. It has a superb cast, is very funny from start to end , and is a real gem of a comedy , surprisingly based on a true... Read more
Published 4 months ago by D. Gough
I love you to death- movie (dvd)
Wonderful funny,excellent acting by all of cast.
Still enjoyable even after all this time!
Good Acting by Kline,(character)Joey-what a basta** to be married to ! Read more
Still enjoyable even after all this time!
Good Acting by Kline,(character)Joey-what a basta** to be married to ! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Alison
Still as good as I remembered!
I hadn't seen this film for years and sometimes what was funny then isn't quite so funny when you see it again. Read more
Published on 9 May 2010 by M. Morgan
Crushingly boring and unfunny
I managed to get through half of this boring, unfunny film before I finally just erased it - I had recorded it from TV. A waste of good actors. Read more
Published on 2 May 2010 by Filmfan
Watch it for the confession scene
This quite a unique movie. It's worth a watch regardless of what others might say.
I Love You To Death tells a [true] story about a cheating husband trying to be knocked... Read more
I Love You To Death tells a [true] story about a cheating husband trying to be knocked... Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2007 by Jay
Keanu's performance is adorable!
I know many people would say that Keanu Reeves' asset is only his looks, but they are totally wrong!
I believe only Keanu can play a drug addict that lovable. Read more
I believe only Keanu can play a drug addict that lovable. Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2003 by Hiromi
I Love You to Death
This film was shown on T.V. last week by default of the advertised one. I settled to watch it because I was intrigued by the fact that Tracey Ullman, who I think is wonderfully... Read more
Published on 26 July 2003 by Margaret Cooke
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