Kill Me Later (2001)
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25% of critics liked it
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63% of users liked it
(1,709 ratings)
A woman finds love when all she wanted was a quick and painless death in this dark comedy-drama. Shawn (Selma Blair) is a deeply depressed young woman who is unhappy with her job as a bank teller and is frustrated with her romantic relationship with her boss (D.W. Moffett), who happens to be… More A woman finds love when all she wanted was a quick and painless death in this dark comedy-drama. Shawn (Selma Blair) is a deeply depressed young woman who is unhappy with her job as a bank teller and is frustrated with her romantic relationship with her boss (D.W. Moffett), who happens to be married. Deciding there's no reason to go on, Shawn climbs to the roof of the bank and steels her nerve to leap to her death. But before she can jump, a novice bank robber named Charlie (Max Beesley) stages a hold-up at the bank, taking Shawn hostage in the process. Charlie and Shawn are soon trapped in the bank, and Charlie asks Shawn to help him escape; she agrees, but only under the condition that he kill her later. He agrees, but after they make their getaway, Charlie finds himself increasingly attracted to Shawn and isn't so sure he wants to see her dead, while Shawn is similarly intrigued with Charlie and decides to join him in his life of crime. Kill Me Later received its premiere at the 2001 Santa Barbara Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Dana Lustig
- Written By
- Annette Goliti-Gutierrez
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 14, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- 7th Art Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Ken Switzer, Village Voice
By the end of it, you'll wish you had just stayed home and watched Total Request Live.
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Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz
Badly employing all kinds of tricks ... [Lustig] ultimately overpowers her actors and does in her own film.
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Lael Loewenstein, Variety
An edgy, energetic romantic thriller.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Happily the filmmakers here are more interested in its people and their lives than in the chase that follows.
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Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
The kind of quirky film the movie world could use more of in these days of cookie-cutter studio pictures.
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Cast
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Selma Blair
as Shawn
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Max Beesley
as Charlie
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Brendan Fehr
as Billy
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Lochlyn Munro
as FBI Agent
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O'Neal Compton
as FBI Agent
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D.W. Moffett
as Boss
