You Kill Me is a nearly brilliant comedy. Surprising honesty and acceptance is the catalyst for humor in this off kilter comedy about an alcoholic hit man banished to San Francisco.

Hit man Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) is ordered out of the state, Buffalo, NY to be exact, by his mob boss employer, Roman Krzeminski (Philip Baker Hall) when his drinking makes him screw up an important hit. Sent to San Francisco to attend AA, keep a job in a funeral home and only allowed to return when he has made sufficient steps in recovery. Tom (Luke Wilson), the good natured toll taker becomes his sponsor, guiding him through alcoholics anonymous, sober life, and dating. Uptight professional Laurel Pearson (Tea Leoni) finds something enchanting about him. Just to make sure he is on track with his recovery Roman sends a crazy and quirky accountant, Dave (Bill Pullman) to keep an eye on him. While Frank is away, his criminal family starts to go downhill.

Sure, the drinking is funny, but the sobriety is even funnier. The alcoholics anonymous scenes are the best. Frank is so honest; you don't know what to think. If you have ever been to an AA meeting, some of the stories are riveting, most drone on much longer than a human attention span, with the occasional straight up snore fest. Frank says stuff so stunning everyone is awake, with their mouths open, unable to speak. The entire group sits in stunned wonder, not even able to squeak out a single word!

I will say it is disappointing to see another movie "in San Francisco." The toll booth scenes are so obviously not shot looking at the Golden Gate Bridge. They didn't spend enough money to make one of the most recognizable land marks in the world look believable. The director makes almost a fetishist point of street signs. Sure, the geography is all wrong, and it wouldn't bother me so much if he didn't practically draw red circles around the street signs. I get it, San Francisco is an expensive place to shoot a movie, but at least film the bridge and read a map! If you aren't familiar with San Francisco, this probably won't even bother you.