Great acting, but too bad they did’t have a better script to work with. Probably the least humorous comedy I’ve ever watched

The positive reviews and compelling cast misled me to watching this utterly dull film. Despite Kidman’s excellent performance, my mind kept wandering and I couldn’t get invested in the plot or the characters. The strange editing choice of abruptly switching between scenes was annoying, and the gist of the story was predictable. This is not one I’d recommend.

Nicole Kidman is beautiful as usual but the plot is sick and twisted. Would be better if she seduced a man not a teen but that has been done to death (pun intended).

I gave this movie a good 30 minutes but sadly it didn't inspire me to watch any more... it clearly showed what the ending would be (yes I did fast forward to the end after writing the review) This movie had very little say that was anything other than trite and no characters worthy of spending any time watching.

I tried to watch this on DVD recently. I say tried because my mind started wandering after about 20 minutes because of the odd way the movie is structured. It leaps between past, present and future story lines at will, and from biography, documentary, news feature, crime thriller, love story and probably others seemingly at random. I found the presentation very irritating and distracting. I like to get a good grasp of a storyline by following the lead characters on their main thread, but this film won't let you do that. Instead, it leaves clues all around like scattering jigsaw pieces for you to put together later. I didn't like it at all, and now I'm writing the review instead of watching the movie which says it all! I might be being unfair, so I am going to give it a neutral rating for now. I'm going to try and watch it again at some point when I have more patience, and see if I can appreciate it more, but for now it's a confusing mess I can't recommend.

To Die For played it a bit safer than one might desire, but it remains an enticingly satirical exploration of the fixation on fame and narcissism, laced with dark comedy.

Kidman's performance is perfect, equal parts terrifying and hilarious. This might be the only portrait of a psychopath where the psychopath is not some cunning genius, but a rather vacuous moron.

Based on the book by Joyce Maynard Director Gus Van Sant tells a black comedy/dark satire story of the ultimate plan to get away with murder and become a star. Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, and a very young Joaquin Phoenix. Suzanne is a tv anchor but she wants more than to report the weather. She asks help of a delinquent youth to kill her husband Larry. From her point of view Larry is holding her back and regulating her leaving the home life. From there she becomes an overnight sensation but how long before it starts catching up to her? The movie is another example of someone wanting so much fame and having it backfire. Some people go too far to extra lengths to get in the headlines. There’s a difference between being famous and getting some attention. You’re not anybody in America unless you’re on tv. If everybody was on tv all the time there’d be no one left to watch. I didn't know Danny Elfman did the score and even for this it sounds so out of place. The movie itself is edited much like a celebrity documentary but with small doses of scenes of what actually lead to the giant incident. Is this the real America where criminals get to be celebrities and celebrities get away with murder? Gus Van Sant makes a more comedic version of celebrity scandal that goes so far Given that it’s based on the fictionalized true story of Pamela Smart it’s more wickedly funny and does some break-the-fourth wall breaking having Suzanne narrate to the audience. From what we see here she’s irredeemable from every angle talking advantage of everything to further her career. Failure was not part of her vocabulary so she made sure of it. Kidman owns this role playing a manipulative money grubbing fame seeker. Van Sant is genius here making a movie about the fascination with the celebrity and television so kooky it’s hard not to pay attention

Nicole Kidman stars as a local television personality who will stop at nothing to get what she wants, but it is Gus Van Sant's direction that really shines. Kidman plays Suzanne, a none-to-bright woman who decides she wants to be a giant media personality. She marries Larry (Matt Dillon), a restaurateur, and settles for doing the weather at a dead-end television station. Suzanne sees that Larry is not behind her career, and uses a trio of teens to kill him. She begins her plan by befriending them while shooting a documentary, then begins sleeping with James (Joaquin Phoenix), who in turn conspires with Russell (Casey Affleck) and Lydia (Alison Folland). Most of the film is told in flashback by the killers and families of Suzanne and Larry, and Suzanne herself. "To Die For" is a strange film. Acting wise, the professional cast is saddled with one-note characters. While top-heavy with supporting players, Suzanne never really changes much, or offers enough menace to feel anything for her. Dillon fades into the background as Larry, trying too hard to make him normal. Buck Henry's screenplay is full of fits and starts, never gathering enough darkness to become a successful dark comedy, nor enough edge to become a successful satire. This is a shame, since celebrity due to murderous acts is such a part of our lives today. The film never takes that final step and calls the media on the carpet, instead trying to get the viewer caught up in the mechanics of Suzanne and Jim's relationship, and Suzanne's progressively strange certainty that she will be famous. Gus Van Sant's direction is absolutely fantastic. The interior of Larry and Suzanne's home is hysterical. His camera always finds the perfect tone of a scene, even if the scene is not especially well-written. I am one of the few who did not think much of "Drugstore Cowboy," although I do appreciate many of the films Van Sant has done since. "To Die For" gets the viewer geared up for a no-punches-pulled look at popular culture, then throws in the towel before the bell even rings. I cannot recommend it, despite the fine direction, the rest is a disappointment.

"To Die For" gives you a front-row seat to the world of a beautiful sociopath, played brilliantly by Nicole Kidman. Her portrayal of Suzanne is both funny, eerie and scary. When Suzanne's life takes a scandalous turn with the arrival of her teenage lover, Jimmy (Joaquin Phoenix), the film gets a deliciously unpredictable twist. While the movie has its predictable moments, they're enjoyable. The ending is a a satisfying twist that ties everything together.

This movie had me trying to figure out why Joaquin Phoenix looks older than Nicole Kidman today. He's actually 7 years younger, wow. The only part I really liked was the ending when Nicole's character finally gets justice. I was actually worried she was going to get away with it. The rest of the movie was tolerable.

Very different structure to this movie. Many stars in their early days, Casey Afflack, Joaquin Phoenix. But the story line just too unbelievable. Are people really that dumb?

This film has the look and feel/tone of a 온라인카지노추천 film, i.e. its quite a budget film. Its interesting to see in terms of the early performances from Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix, while Matt Dillon and Casey Affleck also appear, plus Wayne Knight who was in the sitcom Third Rock from the Sun. Suffice to say the main character (Suzanne Stone) is hardly someone to feel sorry for. The whole idea of people being desperate to make it big on 온라인카지노추천 is hardly out of date, if anything the film could be regarded as more relevant than ever (the film dates from 1995) but its not what I'd call a particularly gripping or overly memorable film. Its an easy watch which is worth seeing for the cast but otherwise, not so much. It felt a bit formulaic and a bit over the top at times, with the fast zoom/pan and zoom camerawork at times.

A darkly amusing story focusing on the extremities some might go through in order to achieve their dreams. There was a lot of clever moments where you’ll smile uncomfortably knowing how deranged Kidman’s character is. Her and the rest of the cast do some good work here. A fun, darkly comic film

From one flash back scene to another that come in such quick succession that before you can figure out what's happening in one scene it's on to another. Finally I felt that I didn't care enough about the story, to put in the constant effort to figure out what it was.

Dark comedies are hard to pull off. This one hits the bull's eye.

In To Die For, an early and surprisingly funny offering from director Gus Van Sant, Nicole Kidman plays an ambitious weather reporter for her local cable station with aspirations to conquer larger markets. When she comes to the sobering realization that her husband is holding her back from her dreams, she enlists a couple of teenage locals (Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck) to remedy the problem by having him killed. The entire cast, which is impressive, seems to be having fun with Buck Henry's script, which skewers America's need for celebrity. The constant interviews with the film's characters tends to be a distraction at times, disrupting the narrative flow, but it's still a fascinating examination of the cost associated with the insatiable desire for fame and fortune.

The price people will pay to make their dreams comes true and by god in this movie does Nicole Kidman character tries her hardest to make her dream come true.

great story and performance from the cast, direction was alright. a bit of a cliche film but it's worth a watch. great performance from a young Joaquin Phoenix

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