Love Comes to the Executioner (2006)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Kyle Bergersen

Writer (WGA):

Kyle Bergersen (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

When death is your job... Never love your work.

Plot:

A young man is hired as the executioner at a prison where his brother sits on death row. Things get more surreal when he falls in love with his brother's ex-girlfriend -- who's imprisoned herself.

Plot Keywords:

Death Row | Executioner | Lethal Injection | Cannibal | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship

Cast

Jonathan Tucker	...	Heck Prigusivac
Jeremy Renner	...	Chick Prigusivac
Ginnifer Goodwin	...	Dori Dumchovic
Christine Ebersole	...	Miriam Prigusivac
Michael Fairman	...	Warden Stankovic
Sean Sweeney	...	Bix
Neil Giuntoli	...	Harry Grmusa
Googy Gress	...	Doc Zdravkovic
Bodhi Elfman	...	Krist Skolnik
Matt Bentle	...	Pontius
Tom Malee	...	Hank
Brian Turk	...	Bruno Bauk
Wendy Worthington	...	Nurse Cetnik
Blake Robbins	...	Stuttering Guard
Gary Fish	...	Catholic Priest

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

USA:89 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Latin

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Butte, Montana, USA

Company:

Aura Entertainment

Trivia:

Characters' last names have been taken from Serbian language - Prigusivac means 'silencer', Bauk is 'boogyman', and Cetnik is a nickname for Serbian military during WW2 or paramilitary units during Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. However, these are never really used as surnames in Serbia or anywhere else.

Quotes:

Chick Prigusivac: You're a killer, I'm a killer. Hell even your unborn baby's a future killer of America.
Heck Prigusivac: You know what Chick, you have a real Sisyphus complex coming out your butt.

A wonderful, quirky comedy about death and love

I was surprised to see how low viewer ratings were for this fun, quirky film. The only way I can imagine someone not liking the movie would be if they have a hard time appreciating unconventional, bizarre, boundary breaking themes or they aren't in the mood for strange humor. It had the same tone as Clay Pigeons or similar films.I kept thinking, as I was watching the film, how well the director and actors were able to pull it off, given the subject matter, the weirdness of the dialog,events, and circumstances in the story. This is one of the most imaginative and intelligent stories I have seen in terms of a tongue in cheek depiction of philosophical and ethical quandaries. I am a fan of Jonathan Tucker and Christine Ebersole(more than ever after viewing this film). All the major roles were well played, the cinematography,excellent, and camera work, extremely clever.