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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, Thriller

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- 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.
- 30541
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
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  - Co. Durham
  - 01 Jun 2005 at 17:43
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  die watching
  
  apalling, nicole kidman at her worst. just , i am speechless, that was over an hour of my life wasted.
  
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  - dorset, England
  - 09 Feb 2007 at 13:23
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  brilliant black comedy
  
  The film which made Nicola Kidman, as the lead actor stands out. The script is very clever and a very funny dark black comedy on the need for fame at any ... read more »
  
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  - 30 Nov 2006 at 10:16
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  brilliant black comedy
  
  The film which made Nicola Kidman, as the lead actor stands out. The script is very clever and a very funny dark black comedy on the need for fame at any ... read more »
  
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  - uk north
  - 30 Nov 2006 at 10:16
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  Nicole shines through!!
  
  I am a fan of Nicloe Kidman anyway but when I saw this movie I got to see a different side to. Her performance as the girl who gets what... read more »
  
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  - England
  - 16 Nov 2006 at 16:03
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  Mmm....
  
  I'd been wanting to see this for ages and I was rather disappointed to be honest. It really dragged and it was an effort to watch it to the end but I did, ... read more »
  
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  - Poole, Dorset
  - 04 Oct 2006 at 13:34
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  Annoying commentery
  
  Not one of Kidmans best, though it's just about watchable if you like watching paint dry and you've nothing better to do.
  
  It has an annoying ... read more »
  
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- - Marie Ratcliffe
  - South Yorkshire, England
  - 23 Jul 2006 at 14:47
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  Those OUtfits!
  
  Nicole Kidman played her part with relish - she was excellent, and despite looking at her most beautiful, you just wanted to kill her! That lady even managed ... read more »
  
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- - ItsMe
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  - 04 May 2006 at 16:01
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  A little satire goes a long way
  
  The British tradition of satire is in the nature of a short TV sketch or half hour programme which makes its points and doesn't overstay its welcome. This ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
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  - 04 May 2006 at 12:01
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  A little irritating
  
  Not one of Kidmans best, though it's just about watchable if you like watching paint dry and you've nothing better to do.
  
  It has an annoying ... read more »
  
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- - Riean
  - South Yorkshire
  - 03 May 2006 at 14:12
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  Didn't expect it to be so good
  
  I sat down expecting this to be a bit dated..(I know it's not that old, but you know what I mean) and instead I found myself cursing at why I had not ... read more »
  
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- - Molie
  - London, England
  - 11 Mar 2006 at 15:03
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  - Co. Durham
  - 01 Jun 2005 at 17:43
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  A Modest Masterpiece
  
  Clever, funny, touching, well-crafted and canny. Rent it for the performances and because it's arguably Gus Van Sant's finest, most accessible and most... read more »
  
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- - BeaHerenow
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  - 20 Sep 2004 at 13:30
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  great titles and credits
  
  and the bit in between's great too. But strangely one of the most memorable bits are those titles and credits.
  
  The disturbing thing about this ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Nov 2004 at 21:47
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  Usual Nicol
  
  A bit strange to start with as movie keeps going back to hear comments about Nicol's character, this annoyed me a bit, but once it stopped movie was good, ... read more »
  
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- - Doddy445
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  - 18 Apr 2005 at 22:19
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  Odd But Good
  
  The acting performances in this movie were great, but Nicole Kidman's part was ... odd. Deliberately odd but ... a bit too strange for my taste ... but it&#... read more »
  
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- - Ed
  - London
  - 11 Oct 2004 at 23:55
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  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. ... read more »
  
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  - Hankham, England
  - 08 Nov 2004 at 08:20
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  Smash your television...
  
  The themes of this movie are what makes it so good. A scene in which a television is smashed with a baseball bat says it all. It's documentary style is well... read more »
  
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- - MacManic
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  - 26 Oct 2005 at 10:20
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  die watching
  
  apalling, nicole kidman at her worst. just , i am speechless, that was over an hour of my life wasted.
  
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  - dorset, England
  - 09 Feb 2007 at 13:23
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  NICOLE KIDMAN IS TO DIE FOR
  
  Not a bad film, but without Nicole Kidman it would loose its appeal. Worth watching, good story, well acted and enjoyable up to a point.
  
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  - 18 Jan 2006 at 16:38
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  Didn't expect it to be so good
  
  I sat down expecting this to be a bit dated..(I know it's not that old, but you know what I mean) and instead I found myself cursing at why I had not ... read more »
  
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- - Molie
  - London, England
  - 11 Mar 2006 at 15:03

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Critics' reviews
- 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.
- 30541
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
- "...TO DIE FOR delivers continuous pinpricks of irreverent humor and subversive cultural commentary. Witty, energetic and splendidly acted..."
- 8280
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- For New Hampshire girl Suzanne Stone (Kidman), you're nobody in America unless you're on TV; indeed, she'd die to... read more on Time Out
- 43708
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...Prime social satire and outrageous fun....Sparked by a volcanically sexy and richly comic performance..."
- 8279
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Kidman is like a Roman candle....Directed with comic brightness..." -- Rating: B+
- 8277
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...[Kidman is] breathtaking....Kudos to Van Sant..." - Recommended
- 8278
- - Premiere
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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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 ...