I Love You to Death is based on the true story of a woman who's many attempts to have her adulterous husband murdered prove unsuccessful (sort of). Rosalie (Ulman) discovers that her husband, Joey(Klein), a pizza shop owner, is cheating on her. Broken hearted and encouraged by her mother (Plowright), makes plans to bump off that no good husband. So the two women, with the help of her weird, but loyal, new age pizza shop employee (Phoenix), hire a few imbeciles (including cousins Harlan and Marlon--Hurt and Reeves) to do the job.
Though the movie morbidly parodies what may not really be something to laugh at, the results are so damn hilarious, making this probably one of the funniest movies I have ever seen -- particularly with Plowright as the sarcastic mother-in-law and Harlan and Marlan as the most dim-witted criminals you've ever seen. Like when Harlan and Marlan are asked to shoot Joey, Harlan says he's going to shoot him in the heart to make it quick. But he can't figure out which side the heart is on. So Marlan suggest reciting the pledge to find out the answer. But they can't even get that right ("...with amber waves of liberty and deliver us from freedom). Or when Marlan says to Harlan "if we keep shooting (Joey), he's going to get suspicious." After a while, you even start to feel sorry for Joey, even if he was a big dumb cheater.
It is definitely one hell of an underrated movie. You'll laugh so hard, you'll fart.
Though the movie morbidly parodies what may not really be something to laugh at, the results are so damn hilarious, making this probably one of the funniest movies I have ever seen -- particularly with Plowright as the sarcastic mother-in-law and Harlan and Marlan as the most dim-witted criminals you've ever seen. Like when Harlan and Marlan are asked to shoot Joey, Harlan says he's going to shoot him in the heart to make it quick. But he can't figure out which side the heart is on. So Marlan suggest reciting the pledge to find out the answer. But they can't even get that right ("...with amber waves of liberty and deliver us from freedom). Or when Marlan says to Harlan "if we keep shooting (Joey), he's going to get suspicious." After a while, you even start to feel sorry for Joey, even if he was a big dumb cheater.
It is definitely one hell of an underrated movie. You'll laugh so hard, you'll fart.