Currently Watching You Kill Me By Ben Kingsley, Mario Ballantyne, Warren Louis Wiltshire, Brian Kawakami, Darren Wall (II) see related

Evan Almighty **
I laughed (and more than once) at Evan Almighty, but to be honest, I wasn’t really laughing at the dialogue or situations supplied by Steve Oedekerk’s thin screenplay; I was laughing at the pre-existing personalities brought to the piece by Steve Carell or Wanda Sykes or Jonah Hill. Lauren Graham is wasted, Morgan Freeman spins his wheels, and the whole thing ends with a nausea-inducing "dance sequence". All in all, a mighty underwhelming picture.

Reign Over Me ****
Virtuoso performances by Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler help spackle over the flaws in writer/director Mike Binder’s sloppy script.  It is mostly about a performer’s film, and their work is skillful and memorable. Reign Over Me has got some real problems, but it’s got some real power too.

You Kill Me ****
You Kill Me is darkly funny and has a unique voice in spite of its obvious Sopranos leanings and some obvious gags; The love story is warm and sweet, the leading performances by Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni, and Luke Wilson are engaging, there are fine turns from terrific character actors like Philip Baker Hall and Dennis Farina, and the climax is a beut. You Kill Me is well-crafted and fun, which is exactly what I’ve come to expect from director John Dahl (The Last Seduction, Rounders).