To Die For (1995)
Suzanne Stone 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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Very disappointing...
the audience applauded
Nice effects though.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
I am going to go ahead and give this movie an 8, just because I saw it right now and was feeling nice. In actuality, it would be more of a 7.5, or even 7.75. This movie has it all. It's a movie about becoming famous, and trials and tribulations of making it. Great movie, definitely worth watching! 8 Stars.
Why? What has the humanity done to deserve the gift of this bundle of gushing sheep droppings with a big bow on top?Mr Van Sant is known for bad film-making but I guess he's just outdone himself with this extravaganza of rot. What a waste of talent - not his of course.Acting is good for what it is, the mockumentary style of filming is not. Go see any Christopher Guest movie if you want to see how it should be done ("Best In Show" anyone?). Here we have bad writing, simple and not compelling storytelling, slumber-like pacing, and the worst sin of them all - not funny.If you want compelling entertainment eat a gherkin and flush it down with some yogurt. It's gonna be explosive in some 20 minutes time.
Suzanne Stone Maretto (Nicole Kidman) is a TV weathergirl and an infamous tabloid sensation suspected of enticing teenagers Jimmy Emmett (Joaquin Phoenix), Lydia Mertz (Alison Folland) and Russel Hines (Casey Affleck) to kill her husband Larry Maretto (Matt Dillon). She is driven and would stop at nothing to achieve fame. His sister Janice (Illeana Douglas) didn't like cold Suzanne from the start.It has the noir style with characters doing interviews with the camera. Director Gus Van Sant has more style than a simple narrative. Talking directly into the camera adds to this dark comedy. It is the performance of Nicole Kidman that is the most interesting. She can be sweet and innocent in one moment. Then she's manipulative and ambitious the next. She delivers one of her best performances ever. It is a dark indictment of the modern obsession for fame.
There have been Orwellian shout-outs and warnings about "False Realities" for ever. But that doesn't stop them from becoming real. People Magazine has absolutely nothing to do with "real" People. Fox News shamelessly proclaiming "Fair and Balanced", and so on.This is a smaller and much more low-budgeted Satire about TV and Celebrity and the blurring of "Truth" validated through Media than the great "Network" (1976) and the over rated "Broadcast News" (1987). But what it lacks in financing it makes up for in a witty, dark, and piercing Script along with Artsy, sure handed Direction. Add to that some spot on Performances by a fresh (at the time) Cast of Newcomers.It is a relevant and timeless Tale (adapted from a real Tabloid tragedy) that cuts sharply and is disturbing to watch at times and is a powerfully made and under rated Movie that is one of Gus Van Zant's best and still stands as top tier Nicole Kidman.