A Kiss Before Dying

A Kiss Before Dying (1991)

  • 31% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 33% of users liked it
    (5,493 ratings)

This thriller is the second film based on the novel of the same name by Ira Levin. Matt Dillon stars as Jonathan Corliss, a lethal schemer from the wrong side of the tracks. Now a student at the University of Pennsylvania, Jonathan has been obsessed since childhood with the fortunes of a company… More

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Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Apr 26, 1991 Wide
On DVD
Dec 28, 2004
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile

    Most unkindly (but amusingly), the 1992 Razzie Awards gave Sean Young both the Worst Actress and Worst Supporting Actress Awards for playing the twins

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    Matt Dillon is chilling....one of the better erotic thrillers of the 90's

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    It feels like a TV movie but it?s really not that bad. Matt Dillon is quite good!

  • Red L


    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… More

  • jay n


    matt's good but the film provides the questionable advantage of seeing sean young give two absolutlely terrible performances.

  • Dean M


    This truly risible thriller, a remake of the 1956 film, is rendered even worse by Sean Young who, by playing twins, is doubly dreadful.

  • Lanning :


    Don't you see? Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. <p> 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… More

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