You Kill Me
2007
*½
Director: John Dahl
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Téa Leoni, Luke Wilson, Dennis Farina, Philip Baker Hall, Bill Pullman, Marcus Thomas, Jayne Eastwood
Frank Falenczyk, an alcoholic contract killer for a Buffalo crime family, is sent away to sober up. In San Francisco, he attends AA meetings and works in a funeral home where he meets his soulmate. He has a chance for a fresh start, but what he really wants is to return to the work he knows and loves. John Dahl's dark comedy draws influence from various different sources (films like Fargo, The Matador and Grosse Pointe Blank, and the HBO show Six Feet Under), but its characters are bland and the resulting concoction is not edgy, funny or surprising enough.
