I Love You to Death (1990)

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• Jens S

  
  Black comedy based on a true story of the wife of a pizza baker who finds her Italian husband cheating and consequently plans to murder him. Kevin Kline channels parts of his role in "Fish called Wanda" and works great as charming macho man who just can't take his hands… More
  Black comedy based on a true story of the wife of a pizza baker who finds her Italian husband cheating and consequently plans to murder him. Kevin Kline channels parts of his role in "Fish called Wanda" and works great as charming macho man who just can't take his hands off women and just can't die. The minor characters, especially Hurt and Reeves as doped killers, are fun and the black humor works great. The film is a bit slow at times and the solution maybe a tad too much sunshine and lollipops, even if that's how it really played out. But especially the scenes of murder and revenge, with Joan Plowright being a wonderfully vile and loyal mother, are fun and make it an entertaining film.

• Daniel P

  
  Though the premise is intriguing - particularly its basis in a true story - I Love You To Death doesn't quite come off. It never fully embraces black comedy in the way that it pretends to, and in the end it rings hollow. Beyond the believable Tracey Ullman, the characters are… More
  Though the premise is intriguing - particularly its basis in a true story - I Love You To Death doesn't quite come off. It never fully embraces black comedy in the way that it pretends to, and in the end it rings hollow. Beyond the believable Tracey Ullman, the characters are cartoony; it's a good thing in Kevin Kline's case, but it doesn't really fly with the rest of them. The first half works, but the second half limps to a cornball ending. Totally forgettable monument to 1990. Ick.

• Anthony L

  
  Great comedy, one of Kevin Kline?s funnier performances!

• Candy R

  
  Black comedy with a great cast about a wife who tries to kill her husband after she catches him having an affair.

• Tim S

  
  On the hotbead of the late 80's popularity of Kevin Kline and the early 90's indie scene, comes a cast of mostly unbelievable characters that come together to make a fun dark comedy. Lawrence Kasdan, who had recenly had a decent run with The Big Chill, Silverado and The… More
  On the hotbead of the late 80's popularity of Kevin Kline and the early 90's indie scene, comes a cast of mostly unbelievable characters that come together to make a fun dark comedy. Lawrence Kasdan, who had recenly had a decent run with The Big Chill, Silverado and The Accidental Tourist, weaves a nice dark comic tale. The entire cast really shines here. Kevin is Kevin, as always, but Tracy Ullman is great and William Hurt and Keanu Reeves steal the show as two braindead drug addicts hired to do the dirty deed, or rather finish the job. The story and dialogue is relatively straightforward and relies mainly on performance for the comic relief. Fortunately, most of the time it works. Another fun score from James Horner, who would become a major player in the future, hot off his work with Field Of Dreams. It keeps the story comedic and doesn't overpower the story. Not much to say on the cinematography really. It looks good but nothing really to write home about. In the end, this movie, the situations and outcome are totally unbelievable, but if you suspend your disbelief for an hour and a half you'll have a good time and maybe get a few laughs. Worth a rent.

• Arash X

  
  Highly underrated, It's really hilarious specially when it comes to Marlon & Harlan This was the first time that I liked Keanu Reeves, I just didn't like the ending

• Dean M

  
  It's hard to believe a minute of this tale about Tracey Ullman and her mother trying to kill philandering pizzaman hubbie Kevin Kline.

• xGary X

  
  An unfunny farce starring unfunny comedienne Tracy Ullman who keeps trying and failing to kill her unfaithful husband, played like a sitcom character by Kevin Kline. Only Keanu Reeves and William Hurt's inept stoners raise a smile, and it's got a real feeling of desperation… More
  An unfunny farce starring unfunny comedienne Tracy Ullman who keeps trying and failing to kill her unfaithful husband, played like a sitcom character by Kevin Kline. Only Keanu Reeves and William Hurt's inept stoners raise a smile, and it's got a real feeling of desperation about it. And the fact it's based on a true story seems rather tasteless.

• Emily A

  
  I love this movie so much. It's really dark and really funny and the characters are really believable.

• Leo L

  
  A personal favorite. Hilarious!

• Anthony V

  
  The William Hurt and Keanu Reeves stoner characters are hilarious.

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