
After another failed attempt to commit suicide, hapless writer William addresses the services of hired assassin Leslie, the inexorable angel of death from the Killers Guild, an organization that is ready to help anyone who needs a quick and painless death. Leslie has a good heart, but an unsteady hand. The authorities want to retire him, and the contract that has turned up is the only chance to postpone the inevitable. However, the case intervenes in the fortuity. The fate su... (Full plot summary below)
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After another failed attempt to commit suicide, hapless writer William addresses the services of hired assassin Leslie, the inexorable angel of death from the Killers Guild, an organization that is ready to help anyone who needs a quick and painless death. Leslie has a good heart, but an unsteady hand. The authorities want to retire him, and the contract that has turned up is the only chance to postpone the inevitable. However, the case intervenes in the fortuity. The fate suddenly smiled to William: he falls in love.
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| Cinema AxisCourtney SmallWilkson does a great job of bringing depth to Leslie. He helps to keep the film moving even in its uneven sections. |
| The ListMatthew TurnerWith a perfectly struck tone that recalls the work of the Coen Brothers, this is a deliciously dark treat with a surprisingly warm heart. |
| Screen InternationalAllan HunterThere is a mixture of styles in Dead In A Week that never quite gels. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIt's only Tom Wilkinson's typically expert performance that saves Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) from having to live up to its subtitled bargain with moviegoers. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonThis unexpectedly gentle black comedy about depression and suicide gets the tone just right, and could prompt as many empathetic conversations as it does compassionate laughs. |
| Original-CinKaren GordonIt’s a tricky premise, and maybe a bit too much for first time writer/director Tom Edmunds Not even the reassuring presence of Tom Wilkinson, who makes everything he’s in better, can right this particular ship. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayA stellar cast and a breezy tone partially compensate for the movie’s shortcomings. |
| The GateAndrew ParkerFor a film built around a character that could theoretically die at any moment from a hollow point kiss to the back of the head, there's astoundingly little tension. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawDead in a Week is striving for a weirdly sentimental kind of black-comic farce, and it doesn’t work. |
| Little White LiesDavid JenkinsNothing to help lodge it in the memory banks. |