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Suzanne Stone is a small town girl with a dream--to become a famous TV personality--a dream that becomes a nightmare when ambition turns into obsession. Disillusioned with her marriage to Larry, she i...( read more 
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MCT:September 24, 2008
Suzanne Stone (Kidman) is a young, beautiful, and ruthless woman who dreams of being a world famous news anchor despite her rather limited intellect and talent. To that end, she marries Larry Maretto (Dillon) because she believes his Mafia connections will keep her financially comfortable, and starts climbing the network news ladder, beginning as a weather girl at a local cable station. When Larry, who truly loves Suzanne, starts asking her to take time off from her career to start a family, she immediately plots to get rid of him, seducing a high school student, Jimmy Emmett (Phoenix), and strong-arming him and his friends into killing Larry. The story becomes national news, and Suzanne finally has the stardom she has always wanted ? while Jimmy goes to prison for life.
In the end, however, Suzanne gets her comeuppance when Larry's family has her murdered. The hitman (director David Cronenberg in a cameo) lures Suzanne away from her home by pretending to be interested in publishing her life story, then buries her under a frozen lake, her favourite spot, where she once skated. In a final irony, Jimmy's unassuming friend Lydia Mertz (Folland), whom the waspy Suzanne always dismissed as "trailer trash", gains national attention by telling her side of the story in a television interview, becoming rich and famous. The final scene shows Larry's sister Janice (Douglas), practicing her figure skating on the frozen lake where her body is hidden, a symbol of biting justice considering Suzanne's habit of overshadowing Janice throughout the movie.
This movie was based on a true case in which a school media services coordinator named Pamela Smart enlisted three of her students to murder her husband, Gregory Smart. Billy Flynn was the trigger man when he was only 16-years-old, after having had a sexual relationship with Pamela. Pam Smart is still in prison, serving a life sentence. Flynn is also in prison but serving a lesser sentence. The trial was the first fully televised case in the United States.
Katherine Ramsland of Crime Library describes the movie as an example of a work displaying women with antisocial traits; Ramsland describes Suzanne as a "manipulator extraordinaire" who harms people through third parties.[1] -
MCT:September 17, 2008After months on my dvr, i finally watched it...Twisted docu-drama about a woman who wants to be famous and wont let anything get in her way...not even her husband. i found it interesting and Van Sant does well in this twisted film. Ive never been much of a Kidman fan but she does excellent in her role. Joaquin shows he can truely disappear in his character and Dillon is great support. not really my type of film but worth the watch and too good to be labled average.
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MCT:August 3, 2008
Nicole Kidman is brilliant in this film. Kidman plays a local newscaster whom get's intrigued by a male high school student after doing an piece there...her husband (Matt Dillon) is a hard worker....what someone will do for love..
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MCT:July 18, 2008liked kidmans performance, maybe a bit too sweet, but still very good - sweet, naive, not too smart ... and nasty
the story is nothing special, but the way it is presented (well, made me a bit dizzy at the beginning, but liked it after a while) and the good directing make it quite interesting and amusing
the acting was very nice too, kidman and phoenix were great, but all actors were quite good
and the ending, although predictable is great :) - yeah, you learn to hate kidmans character :) -
MCT:July 9, 2008This movie features what is by far the best performance that Nicole has given in her career. She is brilliant as the icy, determined, manipulative, intimidating, and sexy woman who will do anhything to be famous. She's not likable, but there is some humor with her character, albeit very dark. The rest of the cast is also very awesome, especially a young Joaquin Phoenix, and a very snide Illeana Douglas. The script is very biting and witty, and satirical to the max. This film is extremely dark, yet extremely humorous at the same time. The subject matter is at times very uncomfortable, but there are still laughs...just very uncomfortable ones. As an added plus, the soundtrack is good, Van Sant's direction is well done, and David Cronenberg has a nice cameo. One of the best films of the 90's.
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MCT:June 24, 2008
This Gus Van Sant film opens with news flashes saying that the husband of a local weather girl had been murdered and she was the main suspect. With this in the opening scene the question is clearly not "what?", but "how?" and "why?". The film is clearly based on the Pamela Smart case, and it seems to have borrowed some of its narrative style from Agnès Varda's Vagabond, in that it features mock-interview footage from side characters. The way the story plays out is not particularly noteworthy, but the style is interesting and it's held together by a very good Nicole Kidman performance.
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MCT:June 23, 2008
Man what ever happened to Nicole Kidman? Why doesn't she do roles that are as dark, funny and great as To Die For instead of crap like The Invasion? This a highly underrated minor masterpiece from Gus Van Sant during the rare times he has a story to tell. Plus great work from Matt Dillion, young Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phonenix and hot Nicole Kidman before the plastic took over her body. Can you think of a reason not to see it? I can't.
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MCT:June 14, 2008
Nicole Kidman plays it dark in this black comedy about middling ambition and the lengths stupid grasping people will go to acheive them.
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MCT:May 16, 2008
I love Nicole Kidman in this - her portrayal of Suzanne is perfect. Joaquin also gives a great and hilarious performance. A wondeful movie - not for everyone, but I really like it!
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MCT:April 25, 2008
An excellent flick that plays with the real story of a woman who seduces a teen in order to get him to kill her wife. Kidman is excellent in the movie and really plays the crazy woman very well.
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MCT:April 15, 2008
this is based on a true story, and occured before any of the modern-day "bang the teacher"
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MCT:April 14, 2008
besides kidman, this other Phoenix guy's a killer in this. i mean i believe there's been something in their food, him and River. the film itself is not something you expect of Van Sant. it's just okay in that part. but again i have to say it's got a great cast; at least i loved them.
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MCT:March 25, 2008
I do not persoanlly care AT ALL for Nicole Kidman but, this film was EXCELLENT! A young Joaquin Pheonix, Matt Dillon is great, and the twists of the plot are quite good. This IS one film where I can say I am a Nicole Kidman fan. For those of you who enjoy a good DARK Comedy, this film is for you.
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MCT:March 1, 2008One Of My Favorite Movies A GREAT Movie From Van Sant & Kidman Is AWESOME ! Dillion & Affleck & Phoenix are Good
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MCT:February 29, 2008
This movie contains one of my favourite scenes in cinematic history. And that scene earned this movie an extra star in by book.
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MCT:January 12, 2008
Nicole Kidman's best role to date. She really carries the film all the way through. If only she garnered an Oscar. A twisted, oft-hilarious film.
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MCT:January 12, 2008
Perhaps the Nic best movie ever. she gave a new twist to her carrer with a great director for a noir-comic movie.
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MCT:December 28, 2007Nicole is cold as ice, Joaquin Phoenix is replacing is beloved dead brother doing the best he can. Interesting.
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MCT:November 30, 2007
A pretty average black comedy/satire that is aided tremendously by a fantastic performance by Nicole Kidman. This is seriously some of the best comedic work she's ever done - this Suzanne Stone character sucks you right in without an ounce of effort.
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MCT:November 22, 2007
The movie has a sort of documentary feel, with comments from bystanders throughout. This unfortunately ruins a story with great potential - van Sant should have let the story tell itself, and left the movie less humoristic - more realistic!
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MCT:November 19, 2007
I don't like Nicole Kidman - but I admit, she was pretty great here. And Joaquin Phoenix is amazing as the dumb kid - now that is talent!
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MCT:November 19, 2007I actually found it on TV the other night and I was totally loving Joaquin Phoenix's performance, it was just amazing, but I kind of lost track of what I was doing and I hate to see movies from the second half so I stopped. But it looked terrific...
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