You Kill Me: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 116 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

17

[A] precious, inert dud of a hitmen-are-people-too comedy.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Manohla Dargis New York Times (Top Critic)

60

With its shadows and gallows humor, You Kill Me goes about as dark as a comedy can go before turning into tragedy or self-parody.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Scott Bowles USA Today (Top Critic)

75

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.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)

A completely amoral world delivered with wit and incisiveness, and great twists.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

75

It's a predictable but acridly pleasant 12-step bonbon: self-help noir.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Village Voice (Top Critic)

Full Review » 4 years ago
Jack Mathews New York Daily News (Top Critic)

75

John Dahl returns to the quirky black-comedy genre where he began his career in the late '80s. It's good to have him back there.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

75

A film whose deft blend of action thrills and gallows humor packs a jaunty kick and a firing-range boom.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Tom Maurstad Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

34

With strong lead performances and sure-footed direction, You Kill Me isn't terrible, it's just not nearly as smart or interesting as it should be or as it seems to think it is.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Michael Booth Denver Post (Top Critic)

75

Leoni is a welcome sight here, temporarily giving up attempts at sunny-sexy blond roles and going with her sarcastic nature.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jim Emerson Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

50

No offense to Sir Ben, who does a mean deadpan, but his performance here is frequently more dead than pan -- which, given the material, was probably the wisest acting choice.
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Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

75

When Leoni's character learns what Frank does for a living, her look of puzzlement is marvelously subtle. You Kill Me has a lot of little moments like that.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

This crime comedy has such a goofy script and such an eccentric cast that it kept me curious about what would happen next.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

75

This droll combination of coldblooded murder and romantic comedy uses Ben Kingsley's renowned intensity to uproarious effect.
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Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

A film that manages to find sunbeams between the corpses and drunks.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Kerry Lengel Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

60

One of those self-consciously quirky indie films that will strike some as comic genius while leaving the rest of the audience scratching their head.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

Along with the splendid principals, [the secondary cast] round out an extraordinarily accomplished ensemble.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Ronnie Scheib Variety (Top Critic)

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.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

75

You Kill Me really belongs to Kingsley, whose character's deadpan reactions to his new environment are priceless. He really kills.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

80

Full Review » 3 years ago
Peter Howell Toronto Star (Top Critic)

75

A strong performance by the reliable Kingsley, and a tartly sweet one from Leoni, keeps You Kill Me from turning into the bad joke the title implies.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

Given a choice between a dark film with comic elements and a comedy that purports to be edgy, the filmmakers took the easy way out.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com (Top Critic)

Enjoyable low-budget black comedy.
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Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Yet another hilarious cinematic depiction of a professional hit man's angst.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Richard Schickel TIME Magazine (Top Critic)

For an hour and a half it exerts its own preposterous reality, making you believe it -- and like it.
Full Review » 5 years ago