A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 7 wins & 13 nominations total
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- TriviaIn the novel "To Die For", on which the movie is based, Suzanne Stone states on page 307 that she would like to see "that actress that just got married to Tom Cruise in real life" play her in a movie about this. This refers to Nicole Kidman who later played Suzanne in the movie.
- GoofsAt Larry Maretto's burial, the Catholic priest says "in nominis patris et filius et spiritus sanctus", getting most of the endings wrong; correct is "in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti", which any priest would know.
- Quotes
Jimmy Emmett: Any time it rains, or when there's thunder and lightning, or when it snows, I have to jack off.
- Crazy creditsA scene plays out behind the end credits where Janice skates on the ice at the location where a significant moment in the story took place.
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Written by Eleanor Broadwater, Dale Hawkins and Stan Lewis (as Stanley J. Lewis)
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Very dark, just the way I like them
I know that there aren't all that many people who enjoy it, but I really like dark comedies a lot. I guess it's the fact that things like a murder are so serious and repelling, that many people believe you shouldn't laugh with it or make jokes about it, but when done in a proper way, this can be excellent cinema (think of the Danish movie "De Grønne slagtere" aka "The Green Butchers" for instance).
However, this time the movie isn't about butchers, but about a woman who will do anything to reach her goal: becoming a famous TV personality. Really nothing will stop her from getting in the spotlights and certainly not her husband... She's cold and tough to get rid of and will persist until she finally gets what she wants, even if that means that people have to die for it.
I really liked the story and I was pleasantly surprised by some actors. I never thought Nicole Kidman could play the role of Suzanne Stone in such a convincing way. She was really excellent as the hard and cold and not very intelligent woman, but also Matt Dillon did a very nice job playing her husband. Next to the acting and the story, I also liked the humor. Normally, all present comedies seem to have only one common theme: farting, vomiting and all other kinds of toilet humor and I really don't like that. So when finally seeing a comedy that didn't use that kind of jokes, I was already very pleased. And perhaps this dark humor is exactly the reason why not many people will like it, but personally I did and that's why I give this movie a 7.5/10.
However, this time the movie isn't about butchers, but about a woman who will do anything to reach her goal: becoming a famous TV personality. Really nothing will stop her from getting in the spotlights and certainly not her husband... She's cold and tough to get rid of and will persist until she finally gets what she wants, even if that means that people have to die for it.
I really liked the story and I was pleasantly surprised by some actors. I never thought Nicole Kidman could play the role of Suzanne Stone in such a convincing way. She was really excellent as the hard and cold and not very intelligent woman, but also Matt Dillon did a very nice job playing her husband. Next to the acting and the story, I also liked the humor. Normally, all present comedies seem to have only one common theme: farting, vomiting and all other kinds of toilet humor and I really don't like that. So when finally seeing a comedy that didn't use that kind of jokes, I was already very pleased. And perhaps this dark humor is exactly the reason why not many people will like it, but personally I did and that's why I give this movie a 7.5/10.
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- May 5, 2005
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- Tham Vọng
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- Black River, Georgina, Ontario, Canada(final skating scene)
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- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,284,514
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $386,510
- Oct 1, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $21,286,518
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