Kill Me Later (2001)

25% of critics liked it
(20 reviews)
63% of users liked it
(1,668 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

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By: Dana Lustig
Written By: Annette Goliti-Gutierrez
Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

In Theaters: Sep 14, 2001 Wide
On DVD: Dec 25, 2001
Studio: 7th Art Releasing

Critic Reviews

Ken Switzer, Village Voice
By the end of it, you'll wish you had just stayed home and watched Total Request Live.
Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz
Badly employing all kinds of tricks ... [Lustig] ultimately overpowers her actors and does in her own film.
Lael Loewenstein, Variety
An edgy, energetic romantic thriller.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Happily the filmmakers here are more interested in its people and their lives than in the chase that follows.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
The kind of quirky film the movie world could use more of in these days of cookie-cutter studio pictures.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
The performances in several smaller roles are so mechanical that they lend Kill Me Later the tone of a vanity production.
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
It's a good thing people finally recognized Selma Blair's talent so she could stop making movies like this.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...about an hour after it's over, you'll barely remember what it was about.
Brent Simon, Entertainment Today
A long-on-style-short-on-insight mish-mash... the filmmakers trade on credit they haven't earned, hoping you'll fill in the narrative gaps.
Ted Murphy, Baseline.Hollywood.com
Dana Lustig has taken a fairly heavy-handed approach, treating the material as if it were the basis of a longform music video ...
Harry Haun, Film Journal International
Plausibility is a problem with this would-be-giddy antic about newfound lovers on the lam.
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
A small film whose virtues are probably best appreciated on tape.
, E! Online
This predictable romance caper is utterly charmless and whiny.
Michael Tunison, Boxoffice Magazine
Screenplay gets the job done provided viewers are in the proper frame of mind to accept it as a romantic-fantasy trifle, with only the most tenuous connection to reality.
Andy Klein, New Times
Despite the generally likable characters and the abundance of clever ideas, Lustig mucks it all up with her 'trick' editing.

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Cynthia S

This movie was really entertaining to watch. Selma Blair was great as a woman drowning in depression and hopelessness. The sense of overwhelming blackness that surrounds the character is very believable. Max Beesley was perfectly charming as the bumbling robber. This movie was not… More
This movie was really entertaining to watch. Selma Blair was great as a woman drowning in depression and hopelessness. The sense of overwhelming blackness that surrounds the character is very believable. Max Beesley was perfectly charming as the bumbling robber. This movie was not intended to be academy award caliber, just to make you smile and share in a romantic fantasy
Leo L

An interesting film.