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To Die For

Nicole Kidman (Actor), Joaquin Phoenix (Actor), Gus Van Sant (Director) Rated:

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Format	Multiple Formats, Widescreen, Anamorphic, Color, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled See more
Contributor	Columbia Pictures, Matt Dillon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Ziskin, Casey Affleck, Alison Folland, Joaquin Phoenix, Ileana Douglas, Gus Van Sant See more
Language	English, French
Runtime	1 hour and 46 minutes

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Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) has always dreamed of being on TV and she's dead-set on making that dream come true. But there is just one obstacle: Larry Maretto, her husband (Matt Dillon). So, Suzanne convinces a love-struck teenager (Joaquin Phoenix) to get Larry out of the way for good. TO DIE FOR is the most critically acclaimed comedy of the year.

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If anyone ever doubts whether Nicole Kidman is a good actress, they should immediately be required to watch this outrageously wicked comedy from 1995, for which Kidman deservedly won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Leading Role. While director Gus Van Sant handles the fact-based satire with razor-sharp precision, Kidman delivers a deliciously devious performance as Suzanne Stone, a small-town New Hampshire housewife who fancies herself the next Barbara Walters, Jane Pauley, Diane Sawyer, and Maria Shriver all rolled up into one meticulously coiffed package. So determined is she to have a successful career on TV that she'll stop at nothing--even the calculated murder of her husband (Matt Dillon)--to get the attention she feels entitled to. To carry out her scheme she recruits some unwitting local teenagers including one boy (Joaquin Phoenix, matching Kidman's excellence) whose infatuation with Suzanne leads to sexual escapades and predictably troublesome consequences. It's a satirical comedy in Van Sant's capable hands, but it's so close to tabloid reality that the film never seems implausible--which only gives it a funnier, more blood-chilling quality of humor. Featuring Illeanna Douglas, George Segal, and Seinfeld alumnus Wayne Knight in memorable supporting roles, this is one of the best comedies of the '90s--especially if you prefer comedies with a decidedly darker edge. --Jeff Shannon

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 4 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Gus Van Sant
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Widescreen, Anamorphic, Color, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 46 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ November 10, 1998
Actors ‏ : ‎ Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, Casey Affleck, Ileana Douglas
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French
Producers ‏ : ‎ Laura Ziskin
Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ 076781777X
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Maybelene

Fantastic movie and acting

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2023

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Loved that it was loosely based on true story. Not for prudes.

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J. Lieberman

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Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2002

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The fact that To Do For is not more highly regarded is a mystery to me. It only garners a 6.7 on IMDB.com. All of the ingredients were there, an incredible and gifted director in Gus Van Sant, what I consider to be Nicole Kidman's finest performance, a wicked and not just satirical script and an excellent supporting cast.
Of particular note is Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of Jimmy Emmet, the typical high school metal head loser who becomes obsessed with Kidman's evil character, Suzanne Stone-Maretto. Phoenix is a gifted actor with a wide pallet to choose from. Contrast this performance with the job he does of playing The Abbe in Quills. It makes his role in To Die For all the stronger. Allison Folland is also a standout in her debut performance as Jimmy's pathetic friend Lydia Mertz. Together with Casey Affleck as Russel, the three unwittingly become assassins for the callous Mrs. Stone. The story is built up very effectively, and as a viewer there is never any doubt that these three "dorky" kids will pull the murder off.
Also magnificent and lending strong supporting roles are Dan Hedaya and Illeana Douglas who play Larry Maretto's father and sister, respectively. The part of Larry is played with near perfect un-bravado by Matt Dillon, who does so without his usual pomp and bluster. Basically, Larry is the perfect everyman trying to do right by his new wife and family [....]Hedaya is perfectly cast and uses his natural menacing qualities quite well. My favorite though, is Janice Moretto, Larry's sister played by Douglas, who is the only character who sees Suzanne for what she really is. The dancing on the grave ice-skating bit at the end is also really well done. Douglas doesn't fall once.
Hats off to Van Sant for a creating a satirical masterpiece that contains enough side elements to hold the viewers attention through more than one viewing. For instance, what exactly is Suzanne's relationship with her father? Also, the fact that Janice is most likely gay and this might be why she understands Suzanne so well. Cudos as well to the director for the style he employed, blurring the line between film and documentary. Some people have argued to me that To Die For contains too many cuts and flashbacks and consequently the viewer has a difficult time following the action. I do not find that to be true. Quite the opposite, I find the film to be compelling. Even after at least five viewings, To Die For firmly holds my attention throughout.

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Billie Mann

A wicked gem of a film

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2005

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If you would like to see a really great performance by Nicole Kidman, pick up a copy of "To Die For" at your local video store. Directed by Gus Van Sant, screenplay by Buck Henry from the book by Joyce Maynard (both Henry and Maynard have bit parts in the film), "To Die For" is a wicked little gem of a film.

Kidman won the Golden Globe award for Best Actress for her performance, and frankly I thought she should have gotten the Academy Award (unless I remember incorrectly, I don't think she was even nominated for an Academy Award for it). But she is absolutely brilliant in it: chilling, funny, scary, sexy, and horrifically evil.

Kidman portrays Suzanne Stone-Maretto: a devious, calculating, self-centered woman who manipulates Larry Maretto (a very sympathetic performance by Matt Dillon) into marrying her, quickly tires of him when he tries to stand in her way of her greatest ambition in life, which is to be the next Diane Sawyer, and soon convinces her teenage lover to kill him for her. Sound familiar? "To Die For" was loosely based on the real-life story of Pamela Smart, who seduced her 15-year old lover into murdering her husband.

Joaquin Phoenix is Jimmy Emmett, the hapless student who becomes Suzanne's lover; Lydia Mertz is Alison Follard, a young girl who idolizes her; and Casey Affleck is Russel Hines, another student who gets caught up in the scheme. Illeana Douglas is great as Larry's acidic, loving sister Janice, who also gets one of the best lines in the film, and at the very beginning, no less; and Dan Hedaya is Larry's father, Joe Maretto. Dan Hedaya is a master of the "Believe me, you don't want to see me mad" performance, with obvious menace just under a calm surface. The casting is great, and the performances are all right on target.

Look for uncredited cameos by George Segal as a conference speaker, and David Cronenberg as...you'll just have to go see it.

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More influential than realized?

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2022

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Finally catching up with this one, I feel like I've stumbled upon the genesis of every irreverent darkly comic self-narrated ambitious scheming female narcissist movie from the late 90s onward, like 'Election' and 'Gone Girl' and even 'I, Tonya.' I'm sure 'To Die For' has plenty of influences of its own (you can even make a case that all these kinds of movies are branches off of 'Goodfellas'), but it definitely feels like a whole lot of movies used this as a direct template, and that's worth quite a bit in my book.

Also, see this if you ever need a reminder why we made Nicole Kidman a star. She's perfect in this (well, if you forgive one moment when her Australian accent seeps through, heh!) and at her peak hotness, to boot. And while we're at it the rest of the cast is (sorry for this) to die for as well.

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Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2023

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Nicole Kidman DVD came in on time and in perfect condition 👍👍

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Reviewed in France on October 19, 2023

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To die for

Reviewed in Germany on September 29, 2019

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DVD Film sehr guter zustand, nur weiter zu empfehlen, Danke.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2015

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Nicole Kidman has never been so witty, sexy, or unabashedly brazen as in this superbly black comedy-drama from Gus Van Sant.
She's Suzanne Stone, who thinks the only real place to be is on a TV screen, a prescient concept in these days of 'reality' TV and instant pseudo-stardom. She'll do anything to promote herself, even if it's only as a local station weather girl, which is about as far as she gets.
She marries Larry, an optimistic, gullible Italian-American whose father has links to the Mob, which come in handy.
Larry is played by Matt Dillon, who is as usual pitch-perfect.
She also befriends three dropout kids from a local school, played well by newcomer Alison Folland, a young and loutish Casey Affleck, and an effective though absurdly mannered Joaquin Phoenix. Other parts are taken by Buck Henry {who also wrote the excellent screenplay} as a schoolteacher, the offbeat and brilliant Illeana Douglas {a Scorsese regular} as Larry's ice-skating sister Janice, and an uncredited George Segal as a smooth womanising conference speaker.
But it's Kidman's show, and she's marvellous. I notice she was not even nominated for an Oscar, one of the Academy's more shameful blunders {which is saying something}. She lights up and burns up the screen, a young actress {28 at the time} hungry to prove what she's capable of. We now know she's capable of much more ~ from a slutty Russian mail order bride in Birthday Girl to a bereaved wife in the underrated Birth, in which she's as good as she's ever been.
Van Zant's assured, cocky direction {if a little too chilly at times} uses split screen, documentary-type interview, and a variety of camera angles, settings and characters to drive home this movie fable, with its bleak ending, as Janice skates away on a New Hampshire ice-lake…
I've never forgotten this film, and Kidman's great performance, since I saw it in '95 on its release, and it's been no disappointment to make its acquaintance again.

Terrific.

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