The result is uneven but often very funny and on-the-mark, with clever observations on our obsession with television, media hype, the influence celebrities have on our culture and even a few bright sight gags.
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To Die For (1995)
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Reviews Counted:54
Fresh:47
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Suzanne Stone is a blond, glamorous, ambitious and ruthless TV weatherperson in Little Hope, N.H. She's also completely obsessed with both the notion of celebrity, and with becoming one -- no... [More]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, Illeana Douglas
Director: Gus Van Sant
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Reviews for To Die For
When focused on Suzanne and her fluffy lap dog, the movie is pretty ferocious, but when it turns to the teenagers she seduces, the tone goes a little soft.
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The delicately featured Phoenix (yes, River's brother) has an extraordinary, chic-oddball presence.
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Top CriticThough it may seem less individualistic, less personal than Van Sant's past work, you can feel his sensibility and his talent in every frame.
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Top CriticTo Die For has its share of truly delicious sequences, and some biting dialogue worth killing for.
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With great wit, humor, and style, this movie serves all America its just desserts and, while the concoction and its ingredients may not kill us, it is to die for.
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[The film] tarts very strong and its jibes are both on target and laugh-out-loud funny. But the tone of the film subtly alters during the course of the film and while the plot is tied up at the end, the climax is just a bit quiet and under-powered.
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From the opening credits, a montage of mass media images from the story we're about to see, the film is saturated with Suzanne's shallow tunnel vision.
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Nicole Kidman's work here is inspired. Her clothes, her makeup, her hair, her speech, her manner, even the way she carries herself (as if aware of the eyes of millions) are all brought to a perfect pitch.
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Top CriticI give To Die For a thumbs up for Kidman's performance, for interesting docudrama style cinematography, and for some huge laughs.
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Top CriticRiveting cinema, an engrossing journey into a world where centre stage is the target.
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