Review of I Love You to Death (1990) by Ruhan R — 26 Dec 2010

I thought this movie would have more glitz. With the lead character Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) being Italian, it's right to expect a movie with big cinematography and dramatic music, no? Instead, I Love You to Death is a no-nonsense black comedy, focused on real life situations and people.

I think more style wouldn't hurt this movie at all. Being a black comedy, none of the methods used to kill Joey are outrageously funny but the part where they mix "a lot of sleeping pills (two bottles)" into Joey's spaghetti sauce is some funny stuff.

Tracey Ullman gave a nice performance as Rosalie, Joey's wife but Mama Nadja (Joan Plowright) has a very annoying Yugoslavian accent - you'd think that would be enough to kill Joey.