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To Die For
1995
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Positive Reviews
24
Negative reviews
3
Average Rating
3.7
/5
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3.2
Suzanne Stone isnt a fleshed out human being, and she isnt meant to be.
EW
4.4
Nicole Kidmans 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 ..
Rogerebert
4.5
If youve hitherto failed to respond to the laid back oddball appeal of Van Sants movies, fear not: this is a sharp, consistently funny blend of black ..
Time Out
4.5
Dillon couldnt be better as the dumb n pretty, high school lady killer, who becomes a deadly dull couch potato.
4.5
Suzanne (Nicole Kidman) isnt just evil with a human faceshes evil with a stunning face and body.
4.5
She exposes a natural talent for comedy and its a side of her that weve never really seen before.
3.8
The story settles around Suzannes making of a documentary about three high school kids.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
He doesnt get to say much, but he will probably be the movies most popular character.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
Black comedy that charts the exploits of a heartless woman obsessed with becoming a major television star.
Spirituality And Practice
3.8
The humor in this film is more often intellectually tantalizing than laugh aloud funny.
ReelViews
3.0
And everybodys favorite bad boy, Buck Henry, constructed a screenplay whose architecture neatly incorporates human gargoyles.
Tv Guide
3.8
Gus Van Sant directed this sharp black comedy about the obsession with television and celebrity culture.
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.5
This film is witty and smart and funny. Thats a rare combination these days.
Lariat
3.8
The result is uneven but often very funny and on the mark, with clever observations on our obsession with television, media hype, the influence celebr ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
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 ..
Internet Reviews
3.1
I give To Die For a thumbs up for Kidmans performance, for interesting docudrama style cinematography, and for some huge laughs.
Internet Reviews
3.8
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 ..
Emanuellevy
4.5
A satisfying satire with black overtones, To Die For, is riveting cinema, an engrossing journey into a world where centre stage is the target.
3.8
A vicious pitch black satire on the publics fascination with violent crime.
Mr Brown Movies
4.5
Frankly, its hard to tell how much Phoenix is acting here and how much hes just being.
Cnn
4.4
In Gus Van Sants biting black comedy To Die For, Nicole Kidman plays Suzanne Stone like a Meg Ryan character with a black soul saccharin sweet candy o ..
Spliced Wire
4.5
A smart black comedy that skewers Americas fatal fascination with television and celebrity, it employs an unerring nasty touch to parody our omniprese ..
La Times
2.8
Director Gus Van Sant cant pull everything together to make any impact at all. Its enough to make you wonder what hes doing with this script in the fi ..
Deep Focus
1.5
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 ..
4.5
In this wickedly funny look at TV spawned celebrity obsession, Nicole Kidman gives a breakthrough performance as a psychopathic Jane Pauley wannabe.
Film Scouts
0.5
If, like me, you find things to admire in all of Gus Van Sants early films, you may be especially gratified by what hes done with a satirical anti TV ..
Chicago Reader
4.4
To Die For is a slickly savage look at contemporary life and the power of the media manipulators all around us.
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