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I Love You to Death

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Joey (Kevin Kline) and his wife, Rosalie (Tracey Ullman), run a pizza joint with the help of Devo (River Phoenix), a spaced-out teenager with the hots for Rosalie. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is having a number of flings, she consults her mother (Joan Plowright). With divorce out of the question due to the couple's Roman Catholicism, murder is the only recourse. Devo helps by recruiting local thugs Harlan (William Hurt) and Marlon (Keanu Reeves), but luck is on the side of oblivious Joey.
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Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune With a cast like this you keep waiting for something important to happen, which never does. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 21, 2020 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: D+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Harold and Maude it ain't. Oct 16, 2008 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an appealing premise that’s employed to mostly watchable yet disappointingly erratic effect by Kasdan... Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 25, 2022 Full Review Alberto Abuín Espinof The best of the film is its short duration and Kevin Kline, who proves to be one of the best actors of the last thirty years, dominating comedy like nobody else. [Full Review in Spanish] Sep 4, 2019 Full Review Richard Freedman Newhouse News Service All this makes for some rather labored black comedy in which the stars seem to be having more fun acting out of character than the audience will have watching them. Jan 5, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Katrina M This is one of my favs! Cracks me up every single time! 🤣 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I went with 2 1/2 stars for this movie I think that I have only watched this movie once. I would def. watch this movie again, River P. is awesome and I thought that this movie was funny. Such a throwback movie from the 90's I have not seen this movie in a while though 2 1/2 stars. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the perfect example of how you can take a fantastic cast (Ulman somehow shines in the first half with real heart), an incredible true story perfect for a black comedy and the Green light from a Major studio to make a motion picture and without a credible director you are left with terrible mess. The shambolic direction and zero vision for this picture by Lawrence Kasdan ruined any chance of this picture succeeding: he had zero understanding of the people, community, context for the plot, he turns Kevin Kline into a tragic parody of super Mario (cast an Italian actor???) and drains all the natural talent, warmth, credibility from everyone in it. He should never have been able to have made this or any picture again. When you know how hard those that write and produce work to get a picture made and he does this to your movie he should be ashamed of himself. Such a huge shame with so much opportunity (RiverPhoenix and Keane Reeves together pre Idaho, Joan Plowright an institution of an actress, William Hurt for Christ's sake reduced to a 3 line moron stoner). I wanted to love this movie but there is little hold on to and by the end nothing at all. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Excelente reparto para una pelicula casi original. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member OK so I saw this being advertised and so I DVRs it. It does not disappoint as Lifetime trashy camp. It was over the top and "loosely" based on a true story but overall I thought it was well done and enjoyable ...for Lifetime Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Wasn't planning on seeing this in my lifetime, but my dad wanted to see it, so here we are. The great screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan is behind the camera for this comedy about a man cheating on his wife, and his wife plotting to kill him in return. The movie turns out to be a lot crazier than promoted, but there are many funny moments in the film. Kevin Kline is great in his role as the husband, and I thought Joan Plowright was also entertaining as well. Although there is a great cast with lovable characters, I found the writing and story to be off most of the time. There are many crazy moments, and if you're into how crazy and ridiculous some moments can be then you'll enjoy it, but I never found it to hit home. There are several great moments, but in the end it felt very subpar. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Joey (Kevin Kline) and his wife, Rosalie (Tracey Ullman), run a pizza joint with the help of Devo (River Phoenix), a spaced-out teenager with the hots for Rosalie. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is having a number of flings, she consults her mother (Joan Plowright). With divorce out of the question due to the couple's Roman Catholicism, murder is the only recourse. Devo helps by recruiting local thugs Harlan (William Hurt) and Marlon (Keanu Reeves), but luck is on the side of oblivious Joey.
Director
Lawrence Kasdan
Producer
Jeffrey Lurie, Ron Moler, Lynn Isenberg, Patrick Wells, Lauren Weissman
Distributor
TriStar Pictures
Production Co
TriStar Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 6, 1990, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 15, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.9M
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Surround
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