Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- darkly comic
- eccentric
- irreverent
- dark comedy night
- retro movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an interesting but uneven black comedy whose strong performances and unusual premise were undermined by sluggish pacing and inconsistent entertainment value.
What sets it apart
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Rosalie, her mother, and her friend repeatedly beat, poison, and shoot Joey while failing to kill him, then hire equally inept professionals.
The film dramatizes the widely reported Tony and Frances Toto case, whose repeated attempts at spousal murder became a media sensation.
Rosalie believes divorce is impossible because of her Catholic beliefs, making murder appear preferable to ending the marriage.
The cast, especially Joan Plowright, Kevin Kline, and William Hurt, uses broad, highly performative characterizations across the absurd crime scenario.
Films like I Love You to Death, and why
Ruthless People
darkly comic marital conflict, incompetent murder plotting, and eccentric ensemble performances
The War of the Roses
black comedy built around infidelity, criminal schemes, and escalating farcical violence
Eating Raoul
offbeat crime comedy with stylized performances and morally chaotic characters
Serial Mom
comic treatment of attempted murder, romantic betrayal, and absurd criminal incompetence
Movie Details
- Director
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Release Date
- 1990-04-06
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (296)
Cast
- Kevin Kline
- Tracey Ullman
- William Hurt
- River Phoenix
- Joan Plowright
- Keanu Reeves
- James Gammon
- Jack Kehler
- Victoria Jackson
- Miriam Margolyes
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I Love You to Death about?
- A betrayed Catholic wife recruits her family and a pair of hapless hit men to eliminate her serially unfaithful husband in a wildly inept black comedy.
- What is I Love You to Death like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I Love You to Death as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is I Love You to Death violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in I Love You to Death as moderate.
- What did critics think of I Love You to Death?
- Critics broadly found the film an interesting but uneven black comedy whose strong performances and unusual premise were undermined by sluggish pacing and inconsistent entertainment value.
- Which films are like I Love You to Death?
- Films with a similar feel include Ruthless People, The War of the Roses, Eating Raoul, and Serial Mom.
- How long is I Love You to Death?
- I Love You to Death runs 94 minutes.
- Where can I watch I Love You to Death?
- In United States, I Love You to Death is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
