
Suzanne Stone (Kidman) knows exactly what she wants. She wants to be a television newscaster 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.... (Full plot summary below)
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Suzanne Stone (Kidman) knows exactly what she wants. She wants to be a television newscaster 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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| Washington PostDesson ThomsonKidman grabs center stage and never relinquishes the position. Playing mercilessly against her pinup girl image, she's an unforgettable, comic archetypea more slapsticky corollary to William Hurt's bumbling, handsome newscaster in "Broadcast News." |
| MovieholeClint MorrisWicked, Wonderful and Wonderously performed |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellKidman inhabits the lead character of Suzanne Stone (yes, Suzanne Stone) with such sly and delicious zest that we can only wonder why this aspect of her acting has been buried under blonde dramatic ambitions. |
| Film.comJohn HartlTo Die For, sparked by a volcanically sexy and richly comic performance by Kidman that deserves to make her an Oscar favorite, is prime social satire and outrageous fun. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyGiddily impudent in its execution, pummelling in its message, To Die For is finally a comedy black enough for the tabloid television age. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeIf only this was nearly as funny as it thinks it is. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenWith great wit, humor, and style, this movie serves all America its just desserts and, while the concoction and its ingredients may not kill us, it is to die for. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. Leeper[The film] tarts very strong and its jibes are both on target and laugh-out-loud funny. But the tone of the film subtly alters during the course of the film and while the plot is tied up at the end, the climax is just a bit quiet and under-powered. |
| Film.comSean MeansThe most accurate assault against the media age since "Network," To Die For's killer lines and wicked sensibility are given added poignancy by the off-center, sensitive performance of Joaquin Phoenix, River's younger brother, the only person more deluded about Suzanne than she is about herself. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertKidman is superb at making Suzanne into someone who is not only stupid, vain and egomaniacal (we've seen that before) but also vulnerably human. |