Speaking to the very cops he’d called to report that someone’s tried to kill him, Jimmy (Charlie Day) suddenly grows panicked. He wants to plead the fifth; he wants to call a lawyer; he’s terrified they’re accusing him of “attempted self-murder.”
The police, understandably, are baffled. The normal term for that is “suicide,” and in any case it’s not anything they’d arrest him for. But Jimmy’s choice of wording is the key to Peter Warren’s directorial debut Kill Me, premiering at SXSW.
Kill Me
The Bottom Line Dark and twisty.
Venue: SXSW Film Festival (Narrative Spotlight)
Cast: Charlie Day, Allison Williams, Giancarlo Esposito, Aya Cash, Jessica Harper, David Krumholtz, Tony Cavalero
Director-screenwriter: Peter Warren
1 hour 45 minutes
To the rest of the world, it may seem obvious that Jimmy cut his own wrists. Jimmy, however,
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