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Metascore®64 out of 100 | Generally favorable reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    Leoni is one of the truly distinctive comic actresses we have in the movies today, a tough broad with murderously effective timing and phrasing. Read full review

  • 75
    USA Today | Scott Bowles

    Surely there aren't many emotionally fragile mobster stories left in the Hollywood arsenal. But at least Kill is a pretty good shot with the laughs. Read full review

  • 70
    Time | Richard Schickel

    I don't want to oversell You Kill Me. It is not going to leave you breathless with laughter. But I don't want to undersell it either. For an hour and a half it exerts its own preposterous reality, making you believe it -- and like it. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    Its razor-sharp script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and the hilariously deadpan comic performances by Ben Kingsley and Tea Leoni make it a consistent pleasure. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Straight-up ridiculous, but it's also consistently funny and nicely played by a well-complemented cast that finds its collective groove and never misses a beat. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    We've seen the inner lives of hit men and mobsters rendered innumerably in recent years on film and television, but You Kill Me does it in a satisfyingly comedic way, loaded with easily identifiable idiosyncrasies. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    With an eclectic mix of strong-minded thesps all pulling in slightly different directions, this shape-shifting genre hybrid successfully commingles 12-step therapy, romantic comedy and hit-man thriller. Read full review

  • 67
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Staff (Not credited)

    The main pleasure lies in watching a cast filled with fine character actors like Kingsley, Farina, Hall, and Bill Pullman work their way around the salty, noir-inflected dialogue. It's just unfortunate that those lines add up to such piffle. Read full review

  • 25
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Inert dud of a hitmen-are-people-too comedy. Read full review

  • 20
    Village Voice | Scott Foundas

    The past decade has been less kind to Dahl, and though his latest, called You Kill Me, has the outward appearance of a return to form, it may in fact be the worst thing he's ever done--an inert, tone-deaf mélange of "The Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under." Read full review

Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 3.3 out of 5

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