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Nicole Kidman delivers a BAFTA-nominated performance in this sly 1995 media thriller from Gus Van Sant (Elephant) as a woman...
Nicole Kidman delivers a BAFTA-nominated performance in this sly 1995 media thriller from Gus Van Sant (Elephant) as a woman willing to go to dangerous lengths to achieve her goal of being a big television personality. Based on the book by Joyce Maynard.
Suzanne Stone (Kidman) wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.
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88 %64 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
66 %34,976 reviewsAudience score rating
"Like Roseanne, Gus Van Sant refuses to compromise his trademark smarty-pants assault on storybook America."
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TV Guide
TV Guide"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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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"The delicately featured Phoenix (yes, River's brother) has an extraordinary, chic-oddball presence."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"To Die For could have been a great film. It's not, but it shows what Nicole Kidman can do."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"This is a sharp, consistently funny blend of black comedy and satire on the deleterious effects of television."
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Time Out
Time Out"As 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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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment WeeklyTo Die For | Details
- Rating
- R,
- Runtime
- 106
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- Canada, UK, USA
