I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death is a 1990 dark comedy film, directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It is loosely based on an attempted murder that happened in 1984, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where Frances Toto repeatedly tried to kill her husband Anthony Toto. She spent four years in prison for attempted murder. Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma, Washington and has been married to Rosalie (Tracey Ullman) for years. Rosalie is h... more

I Love You to Death is a 1990 dark comedy film, directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It is loosely based on an attempted murder that happened in 1984, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where Frances Toto repeatedly tried to kill her husband Anthony Toto. She spent four years in prison for attempted murder. Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma, Washington and has been married to Rosalie (Tracey Ullman) for years. Rosalie is horrified to discover than Joey is a womanizer, and has been cheating on her for a long time. Rosalie doesn't want to allow Joey the pleasure of having every woman he wants, so she refuses divorce. Taking extreme measures, she enlists the help of her mother (Joan Plowright), and co-worker Devo (River Phoenix) to kill Joey in order to put an end to his infidelity. They also hire two incompetent, perpetually stoned hitmen (William Hurt and Keanu Reeves). However, Joey proves nigh on impossible to kill. Despite multiple attempts to poison, shoot,... less