To Die For Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A grotesque black comedy.
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| Original Score: B
Top CriticAs Jimmy, the teen sap who falls hard for Suzanne, Joaquin Phoenix is dead-eyed yet touchingly vulnerable -- a mush-mouthed angel.
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| Original Score: B-
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Like Roseanne, Gus Van Sant refuses to compromise his trademark smarty-pants assault on storybook America.
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| Original Score: 3/4
If, like me, you find things to admire in all of Gus Van Sant's early films, you may be especially gratified by what he's done with a satirical anti-TV script by Buck Henry.
EmanuelLevy.Com
A mean-spirited satire, told in mock-tabloid style, this film features the best performance of Nicole Kidman to date (better than The Hours for which she won an Oscar), as an amoral small-town girl obsessed with becoming a TV star.
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| Original Score: B+
Combustible Celluloid
Gus Van Sant directed this sharp black comedy about the obsession with television and celebrity culture.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Moviehole
Wicked, Wonderful and Wonderously performed
| Original Score: 3/5
If you've hitherto failed to respond to the laid-back oddball appeal of Van Sant's movies, fear not: this is a sharp, consistently funny blend of black comedy and satire on the deleterious effects of television.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Exquisite media satire, as good as "Network" in its way.
| Original Score: 5/5
TheMovieReport.com
A vicious pitch black satire on the public's fascination with violent crime.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Lawrence Journal-World
Great black comedy featuring Kidman's best performance
| Original Score: 5/5
Palo Alto Weekly
Wickedly funny and cleverly told.
| Original Score: 3.5/4
Laramie Movie Scope
This film is witty and smart and funny. That's a rare combination these days.
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| Original Score: A
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
If only this was nearly as funny as it thinks it is.
| Original Score: 3/5
Montreal Film Journal
The script is very smart and cynical.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Spirituality and Practice
Black comedy that charts the exploits of a heartless woman obsessed with becoming a major television star.
