I Love You to Death (1990)
Figures
Characters
- The character of Nadja, Rosalie's Yugoslavian mother, and her enthusiastic participation in the murder plot.
Tropes
- Rosalie's transformation from devoted housewife to inept would-be murderer. → The Monstrous-Feminine
- The series of comically failed murder attempts on Joey Boca.
- The stoner "hitmen" Harlan and Marlon and their complete failure to perform their task. → The Carnivalesque
- Joey Boca's relentless, almost mechanical infidelity. → The Repetition Compulsion
- Joey Boca's miraculous survival and Rosalie's ultimate forgiveness of him.
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