To Die For

Pros: Nicole Kidman. Interesting, entertaining movie.

Cons: Not for everyone. Could be confusing for some viewers.

The Bottom Line: To Die For is a very entertaining movie that fans of Nicole Kidman should enjoy.

Review: Nicole Kidman started her acting career in Australia before appearing in movies in the United States. I have seen and enjoyed most of her movies. She received a lot of critical acclaim for her performance in 1995's To Die For. ...

Pros: Fantastic storyline, over the top acting, and flawless directing.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: If you haven't seen this, drop everything you're doing now and go rent it!

Review: Preamble
I'm sorry, but is there any female sexier than Nicole Kidman? Although I have seen her in other movies - Far And Away and Days of Thunder, it wasn't until this movie that I understood why people thought Nicole...

Pros: Van Sant's Direction, Henry's Script, Humor, Ending, Look, Editing, Music, & Cast.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: To Die For is a Funny, Provocative Satire from Gus Van Sant & Screenwriter Buck Henry Helmed by Nicole Kidman's Radiant, Complex Performance.

Review: Before the age of the Internet and the overwhelming presence of the paparazzi that helped spawn tabloid TV, the media in the 1990s was just starting to get crazy due to incidents involving the OJ Simpson trial and other strange incidents including ...

Pros: Great cast, hilarious comedy

Cons: Twisted humor (if you don't like it)

The Bottom Line: Dark, twisted, crazy humor only for people who can stomach black comedies. A great movie.

Review: It't not often that I find movies to be funny. To be quite honest, I don't have much of a sense of humor. Fortunately, "To Die For" directed by Gus Van Sant is the funniest movie I have ever seen. This movie isn't your average comedy, though. Rather...

Pros: Lots of dark humor. Great cast. Fantastic editing and direction.

Cons: The ending is just a little bit weaker than the rest of the film.

The Bottom Line: An extremely well-made dark comedy that features a scorching performance by a stunning pre-Moulin Rogue Nicole Kidman.

Review: Much has been made of the year that the lovely Australian actress Nicole Kidman had in 2001. She managed to divorce her husband (the moron Tom Cruise) under a firestorm of controversy and false accusations (mostly directed at her). She managed to have...

Pros: Excellent

Cons: say what?

The Bottom Line: This is, for lack of a better word, excellent.

Review: To Die For is the story of a woman (Nicole Kidman) who will stop at nothing to be famous. I really cannot tell you much else without ruining it for you and it is such a good film I wouldn't want to do that. The cast is in a word outstanding, Matt...

Pros: Kidman , in a performance of a lifetime.

Cons: none

Review: To Die For (1995)


5/5.


This is one of the best screenplays of the nineties, to me anyway. Screenplay by Buck Henry from Joyce Maynard's book...

Pros: Strange old murder story with the younger Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix hamming it up.

Cons: Tough to understand the first time around.

The Bottom Line: I never thought I'd get around to reviewing this one, let alone recommending it.

Review: I've become somewhat of a fan of twisted movies like Donnie Darko and Mulholland Dr. in the last year or two. But the last thing I expected was to find one of its type nestled there in Mom's movie ...

Pros: mmmm... Nicole Kidman ...

Cons: not all that many...

The Bottom Line: A change of sorts in Gus Van Sant's career, but still manages to stay true somewhat to his earlier visions.

Review: In 1995, Gus Van Sant released his first "mainstream" picture, To Die For. The film was an adaption of Joyce Maynard's novel of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillion, Joaquin Phoenix (in one of his earlier roles), Casey Affleck, and...

Pros: Great acting, presentation and editing, cinematography, plot, nice satirical view of the media

Cons: Hard to understand what it's really about, the intertwining stories and characters can confuse at times

Review: Gus Van Sant is probably one of the most stylish directors on the market. His tactic of telling a story through intertwining flashbacks and dreams makes him a real visionary. This little gem of a film won Nicole Kidman a Golden Globe for her performance,...