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Actors: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about To Die For |
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Suzanne Stone (Kidman) works as a weather reporter for a small-town TV station but aspires to much bigger things. She's not particularly smart, but she has loads of cold and nasty drive, and is perfectly willing to seduce an incredibly dim but horny young man (Phoenix) and convince him to murder her sweet, devoted husband Larry (Dillon). That, and more. This was Gus Van Sant's first highly successful mainstream film (1995), with a script by Buck Henry based on a book by Joyce Maynard inspired by the Pamela Smart case. (Both writers have cameos in the film, as does George Segal.) It's a sharp, black satire, that may make many viewers uncomfortable.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of To Die For |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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