Adam Horovitz, Diane Ladd, Frederick Koehler

Realising his secret girl-friend Dorothy's pregnancy will sour her relations with her ultra-rich father, career-minded Philadelphia student Jonathan Corliss cooly murders her, making it look like suic...( read more  read more... )ide. He then moves to New York to woo her twin sister Ellen. All seems to go well for him, although Ellen's continued investigations into what she is convinced was no suicide forces him to kill again.

Flixster Users

35% liked it

4,821 ratings

R, 94 min.

Directed by: James Dearden

Release Date: April 26, 1991

Invite friends to see

DVD Release Date: December 28, 2004

Stats: 110 reviews

Get movie widget Recommend it Add to Favorites

Your Rating



clear rating
Share on: Facebook Twitter

Flixster Reviews (110)


  • September 25, 2009
    It feels like a TV movie but it?s really not that bad. Matt Dillon is quite good!
  • September 14, 2009
    An interesting movie. We know who the bad guy is, but the characters in the movie do not. Ellen can't quite believe that her sister committed suicide, and she continues investigating over a couple of years -- while meeting, falling in love with and marrying the character played...( read more) by Matt Dillon. It is not quite a whodunit, but a figure-out-who-did-it. I'd like to see the original 1956 version of the movie though.
  • June 16, 2008
    talk about a stinker, boy was I fooled by the synopsis, sure it sounds good but believe me it isn't. Awful acting.
  • July 10, 2006
    Don't you see? Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

    I have no idea if these lines occur in this 1991 remake of the original 1956 classic. This one, I've not seen, though Sean Young is a favorite of mine. I'm actually writing about the 1956 orig

    ...( read more)inal here, since it is not in the flixster database.

    With those fateful lines cited above, the wheel turns on Robert Wagner, an absolutely cold-blooded killer whose conscience was apparently left behind in his crib along with his diapers and any love for his mother. Wagner, I believe, has never received his due recognition as an actor. I believe he has suffered due to his groundbreaking, in terms of big screen actors, move to TV. Let me tell you flixster friends, is you've not seen the original, you have missed Wagner's brilliant fleshing out of one of the nastiest dudes in flim history. I'm actually surprised that this excellent work did not get him permanently stuck in villain roles. I'll guess that he escaped stereotyping thanks to a Hollywood saavy and to the help of both a good agent and of a wonderful woman who would shortly after this time become a great wife :)

  • December 23, 2007
    Where the F is the 1956 version? Forget this. I'll pretend like this is that one. How can a movie not be on Flixter when it has Oscar winners in it AND its obligatory crappy 90's remake is here? Whatever.
  • May 12, 2009
    Suspense at its Finest! Great!
  • April 20, 2009
    Certainly my 2nd most fav movie....
  • April 13, 2009
    Matt Dillion is the only saving grace of this mess of a film and only he could escape by jumping in from of an on coming train. Sean Young deserved the two Razzies she received from this flix; her acting is down right awful in a duel role and she's just not attractive enough to ...( read more)fake it (and that's bad for us because this tries to be an erotic thriller sometimes)
  • January 22, 2009
    puede que la trama sea interesante pero no mas de resto no trae nada nuevo y eso que es un remake
  • October 31, 2008
    oh boy, let them die quick

Critic Reviews


No recent reviews.

Comments


This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "A Kiss Before Dying" !

Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)

Official Trailer

More Like This


Click a thumb to vote on that suggestion, or add your own suggestions.

  • Extreme Measures
    Extreme Measures (50%)
  • Vampire's Kiss
    Vampire's Kiss (50%)
  • Glitter
    Glitter (75%)
  • The Wraith
    The Wraith (100%)

Facts


No facts approved yet. Be the first

A Kiss Before Dyi... : Watch Free on TV


A Kiss Before Dying Trivia


  • Which film was NOT based on a story by Patricia Highsmith?  Answer »

Movie Quizzes


No quizzes for A Kiss Before Dying. Want to create one?

Video Clips


No video clips yet. Want to upload one?

Recent News


No recent headlines. Got one?

Most Popular Skin


No skins yet. Interested in creating one?