Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

While drying out on the West Coast and working as a mortician, an alcoholic hit man (Ben Kingsley) befriends a tart-tongued woman (Tea Leoni) who might just come in handy when it is time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.Leoni plays a good supporting role, but Kingsley is the guy running the show here. He is such a great actor, it is a shame he seems to be ending up in more and more smaller films (e.g. "The Wackness"). He is a great hit-man, great alcoholic, and the mortician scenes are priceless.Bill Pullman is good as Dave the real estate agent. His role is small, but he has the best line of the film, spouting the wisdom that "in a town with a 2% vacancy rate, the real estate agent is God." Luke Wilson also appears and seems to be wasted in his supporting role. This does nothing to showcase his talents and could have been filled by another actor for half the price. (This is not a knock on Wilson, but on whoever cast him -- give the man room to work.)

I enjoyed the film. Good story, mostly well acted. The one thing that really REALLY annoyed me within the movie was Kingsleys accent. He can not(!) do a US American at all. It distracted me a lot during the film. He also seemed to be off his "game" as far as acting goes....the part could have perhaps been cast better. But, I did enjoy this film. I enjoyed the extras, especially the CG description. Was surprising to see that most of the snow was computer generated. Was interesting also to be made aware of the "stripping of colour" from some scenes. Was interesting to see the side by side shots showing the colour before and after. It was done due to the fact that the trees had green leaves on them and they wanted a cold winter look.

I am a Polish guy from the fine city of Buffalo. This movie was filmed in Canada where there must not be any polish people to help with accents or pronunciation. Buffalo is a cheap city to film in. Why be in Canada? Just one sky line shot would have been nice. The story wasn't memorable. It wasn't really important to me i like to see my city and culture portrayed the right way. Screw Flanders!! And extra lineScrew Flanders again.Go Sabers! TO Screwed buffalo over!How many lines do i have now?

During the first minutes of You Kill Me,I thought I was going to see something like a semi-sequel of the very competent Sexy Beast,because that movie also shows Ben Kingsley in the character of a violent gangster who has to spend some time out of his environment,interacting with "normal" people who result to be more strange than the criminals he deals with.However,the similarities end there,because although it offers solid performances and some good moments of black humor,You Kill Me is very far away to getting the quirky tone and wild humor from Sexy Beast.You Kill Me is an entertaining film but it does not stand out too much.I usually like black humor comedies because their cruelty and cynicism make the laughs more "tasty"...at least when the screenwriter knows how to balance those elements.You Kill Me tries that but,although it has some good moments,You Kill Me never gets particularly funny,and that's its biggest fail.I did not laugh once,although I occasionally smiled because of the surrealism of the situations and the bizarre attitudes from the characters.The performances are the best element from this movie,at least by my point of view.Kingsley brings a credible and detailed performance.Téa Leoni is entertaining on her character.Luke Wilson is not as good as Kingsley and Leoni but he still brings a good performance.I also liked the short appearances from Dennis Farina and Philip Baker Hall as "old school" mafia bosses.John Dahl (who has directed episodes to my favorite TV programmes,which are Dexter,Californication and Battlestar Galactica)'s direction is sober but solid.The conclusion from this movie is adequate but,having said that,I have something to point out...another scene in airport in which someone wants to stop the lover before getting into the plane ? Did screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely really think that cliché keeps being romantic ?.In spite of my complains,I had a good time watching You Kill Me although I found it completely forgettable.With some many serial killers comedies (as examples,I can mention the sympathetic The Whole Nine Yards or the hollow but very pleasant The Big Hit),this film needed much more humor,intelligence and energy to really stand out.In summary,You Kill Me is an entertaining and sympathetic movie,but there is nothing special on it to make it memorable.