The Worst Film Ever

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Just perfect...

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Watched this on Netflix streaming. Nice diversion, good acting, funny if you don't mind seeing a movie where people are murdered. All in proper perspective, of course.Ben Kingsley is Frank Falenczyk, a member of an extended Polish family in Buffalo, NY. As Frank grew up in the family he only learned one thing, how to kill people, all part of the family business. But Frank has taken to drinking too much, and it has been interfering with his ability to do his job correctly. So he is sent to San Francisco to sober up, attending AA is mandatory. Frank gets a part time job working in a funeral home, helping prepare the dead for their final services. In the process he meets Téa Leoni as Laurel Pearson, and against all odds they agree to get coffee some time, or maybe a real date. They hit it off, even after she finds out he goes to AA meetings, even after she finds out what his real job is. "Well everyone has faults", she says.Other good actors include Luke Wilson as Tom, a member of the local SF AA group, and who gives Frank encouragement. Dennis Farina as Edward O'Leary, the rival "businessman" in Buffalo, who takes advantage of Frank's absence. Philip Baker Hall as Roman Krzeminski, Frank's uncle and who runs the repair shop business, among other things. Bill Pullman as Dave, in real estate in SF and who is also keeping an eye on Frank for the business back in Buffalo.SPOILERS: One of the funny scenes is when Frank gets up in front of his AA group and admits that his job is to kill people, and being an alcoholic interferes. Later when Tom and Laurel tell him he had guts to say all that in front of the group, his comment was "This is supposed to be anonymous." Anyway Laurel also gets interested in Frank's job, he teaches her how to shoot and how to use a knife. Which comes in handy, she goes back to Buffalo to look Frank up and, at the AA meeting she notices a gun in the rear, she grabs a knife, and subdues the man who was gunning for Frank. After setting things straight in Buffalo, Frank and Laurel profess their love for each other and end up back in San Francisco.June 2014 update: Just saw it again, very entertaining dark comedy!

I always roll my eyes now when I read the blurbs on DVD sleeves - the one for "You Kill Me' said something like 'instant comedy classic'. I admit there were some clever one liners amid the dialog in this one, but it was few and far between, and almost always uttered by Tea Leoni's character in response to alcoholic hit-man Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley). Both Falenczyk and would be romantic interest Laurel Pearson (Leoni) are entirely too one dimensional, and in Laurel's case, practically unbelievable as well. I mean seriously, who takes up with a lover once you learn he's an assassin. And as I think about it now, I don't think the term assassin was used even once in the picture. Frank merely killed people for a living. And then there was the whole business with Alcoholics Anonymous. You mean to tell me not ONE of the attendees at one of those meetings might have actually mentioned to someone on the outside that a killer was among their midst? Maybe what they ought to do is release the outtakes from this flick. Maybe air out some of those Polish jokes so we could all have a good laugh. Not being politically insensitive here, as I'm Polish myself and I love a good one every now and then. And while we're at it, what's a 'dupayash' anyway? Dupa is the Polish word for 'ass', and also the name of the main character in "Polish Vampire in Burbank". (That one's pretty bad too, but does have it's moments).Here's what you need to know. If you're ever in Buffalo, New York, take a ride down Sheridan Avenue, and keep an eye out for this huge funeral home. The name of it is AMIGONE, as in AM-I-GONE? Now that's funny.

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?

Writer/director John Dahl reinvented film noir for modern audiences with "Red Rock West" and "The Last Seduction" and although "You Kill Me" isn't up there with those spiky gems this droll macabre comedy/romance is a welcome return to form after forgettable flicks like "Unforgettable" and "Joy Ride". Sir Ben Kingsley gives a deliciously deadpan performance as an alcoholic Polish-American killer for hire named Frank Falenczyk. "Every time we send you out I have to make a call to find out if they're dead," moans mob boss Roman Krzeminski (Phillip Baker Hall). "I can't trust you anymore, Frank. Even if you are my nephew." Sent to Los Angeles to dry out the lonely hit-man finds unlikely redemption when he gets a job in a mortuary and meets a melancholy misfit played by Tea Leoni at her tart twisted best. Jeff Daniels has some funny lines as, well, let's have him tell us in his own words: "In a town with a ten percent vacancy rate a real estate agent is god, and that's what I am, a real estate agent."