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1995 Certificate 15
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A cable-TV weather girl who'll do anything to become a celebrity seduces a high school student and convinces him to kill her go-nowhere husband in this black comedy. Gus Van Sant's sly satire on America's tabloid mentality is loosely adapted from Joyce Maynard's chronicle of the real-life tale of husband-killer Pamela Smart. Read more

Starring Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Dan Hedaya
Director Gus Van Sant
Genres Comedy

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To Die For

A cable-TV weather girl who'll do anything to become a celebrity seduces a high school student and convinces him to kill her go-nowhere husband in this black comedy. Gus Van Sant's sly satire on America's tabloid mentality is loosely adapted from Joyce Maynard's chronicle of the real-life tale of husband-killer Pamela Smart.

Starring Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Dan Hedaya, Wayne Knight, Holland Taylor, Kurtwood Smith, Illeana Douglas, Alison Folland, Casey Affleck
Director Gus Van Sant
Studio 4 FRONT VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 42 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Collections 100 Feisty Females
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: not available
Production year: 1995
Format DVD

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  • 1 stars out of 4

    A deft satire on the worship of celebrity for its own sake and the way television can elevate the ordinary to heroic status, though it takes aim at an exceptionally easy target Ð a small-town girl Ð without managing to hit the bull's-eye.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

  • "...TO DIE FOR delivers continuous pinpricks of irreverent humor and subversive cultural commentary. Witty, energetic and splendidly acted..."

    • Variety
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 13 out of 16 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    **WARNING**

    This is a fullscreen cropped transfer, it is not presented in its original aspect ratio.

      • A customer from Co. Durham
      • Posted 01 Jun 2005 17:43

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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Amazing performance by Kidman

    Unusual format - narrative movie within a 'self-made documentary' - makes for an interesting take on the female lead's obsession with the media. This girl will do literally anything to get a career in TV...

    Excellent performances all round and good scripting. Flawed by a somewhat predictable ending, but well worth the ride.

      • A customer from Hankham, England
      • Posted 08 Nov 2004 08:20

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    If it’s the destiny of every fondly remembered US TV show to come around again in big screen format, then Steve Carell is going to be a busy man. He’s a natural stand in for Don Adams’s bumbling agent Maxwell Smart, just as he was for Paul Lynde as Uncle Fester in Bewitched. I’ll be he could fit into almost any 60s TV show without straining a muscle. Get Smart has already inspired a couple of movies, The Nude Bomb in 1980, and a TV movie, Get Smart, Again! in 1989 – Read more

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