Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Scott LeBrun At 108 minutes, the Hammer production "Stop Me Before I Kill!" is one of the longest movies that they made. It's a rather meaty story, and serves as a major showcase for three of its main actors, but isn't that satisfying overall. Written by producer & director Val Guest and author Ronald Scott Thorn, based on the latters' novel "The Full Treatment", it tells of a British race car driver, Alan Colby (Ronald Lewis), and his lovely Italian wife Denise (Diane Cilento), vacationing in France some time after a bad traffic accident in which the other driver had died. Alan fears for his sanity, and is now worried that he may have developed homicidal intentions towards his wife. They make the acquaintance of an eminent French psychiatrist, David Prade (Claude Dauphin), who attempts to help Alan deal with his issues.This could and should have been a little more involving, as the premise is not bad and it's entertaining enough in watching psychiatric methods being employed. But the script by Guest and Thorn is so heavily laden with dialogue that it barely gives the story (not to mention the actors) a chance to breathe. It does have some good dialogue, and starts to go for more interesting visuals in its final third. The on location shooting, of course, is impeccable, which, along with the Megascope photography, helps to make the picture pleasant enough to look at. (To say nothing of sexy blonde Cilento). Dauphin, Cilento, and Lewis are all fine, and they're ably supported by Francoise Rosay as Prades' mother, and Bernard Braden as Colby's friend Harry. The filmmaking is pretty slick; it's just too bad that the scenario can't generate more suspense.Certainly worth a look for devoted Hammer followers, but not one of their best.Six out of 10.

Rainey Dawn 'Stop Me Before I Kill' is AKA 'The Full Treatment'. Both titles seem to fit this film quite well.A race car driver is in an accident and spends time in a coma, once he is awake he has the strange urge to kill his wife. His wife seeks help from a psychiatrist to help her husband overcome his urge and to find out why this is suddenly happening.The ending of this film seem appropriate - very befitting. I will not give it away for those who have not seen the film and would like to.This is not a bad mystery-drama - it's pretty good. No movie is "perfect" - they all have a few flaws and this one is no exception. The flaws in this film are minor.All movies are hard to fathom - you have to suspend your beliefs to watch any movie. With this film you will have to do the same thing as with any film.All in all a pretty good film. I enjoyed watching it.7/10

MartinHafer "Stop Me Before I Kill" is a rather entertaining but often flawed film. And, if you can look past its flaws, it will probably be worth your time. The film starts with a race car driver getting in a terrible accident. Months later, he comes out of a coma and appears to be recovering quite nicely. However, he's obviously suffering psychological after-effects--he's on edge, moody and sullen. What's worse, he then tries to strangle his wife--on several occasions! With the help of a psychiatrist and some dubious analytic psychiatry, the man tries to work out why he's got this homicidal urge. But, there are some BIG twists...Despite an excellent ending that makes this all worth while, here are a few problems with the plot. First, although he has tried several times to kill his wife, she stays with him and doesn't contact the police. Duh! Then, you notice that the race car driver's wife goes from being Italian to being French--her accent and language are a bit malleable! Also, the real reason for all this homicidal behavior is too obvious--there are too many clues to this and the film doesn't give the viewer many other options to consider. Still, it works well enough despite all this, though it's hardly a classic.

Woodyanders Brusque, high-strung, and short-tempered race car driver Alan Colby (a solid and credible performance) is trying to recover from a serious head injury. Alan and his loyal wife Denise (winningly played by the sultry Diane Cilento) go on vacation to the South of France for some much needed rest and relaxation. But Alan is having trouble resisting his more violent impulses. Suave local psychiatrist David Prade (a smooth portrayal by Claude Dauphin) offers to help Alan out. Director Val Guest, who also co-wrote the overly talky script with Ronald Scott Thorn, unfortunately allows the uneventful story to plod along at a very slow pace and fails to generate much in the way of either tension or excitement. The key problem with this film is that nothing much happens; it's basically just a handful of people yakking up a storm for an overlong hour and forty-eight minutes. The capable cast do their best with the bland material, but their competent acting can't completely alleviate the general tedium. Moreover, the pretty obvious and predictable conclusion fails to deliver the goods as well. On the plus side, both the lovely Cilento and the French scenery look absolutely gorgeous while Gilbert Taylor's sharp black and white widescreen cinematography and Stanley Black's swinging jazzy score are up to speed. Passable, but overall a really blah and unmemorable picture.