The original post: /r/movies by /u/Ok_Dot_3024 on 2025-02-22 00:12:24.

I don’t know if this qualifies as a review but I’m a die hard Nicole Kidman yet I had never seen To Die For. I’m 27 so I’ve followed her current work more closely and had only seen Eyes Wide Shut from her older filmography.

I ended up watching To Die For (1995) last month and ever since, I’ve seen it three times, I’m completely obsessed with it. Nicole was perfection as Suzanne, she was so charming and charismatic, I loved her mannerisms and she had me rooting for her in a few moments and also feeling bad for her at the same time for not being able to pursue her career. Everyone was great, especially the actress who played Larry’s sister, Joaquin and the actress who played Lydia.

I also loved the little Easter Eggs I noticed on my rewatch, like when they first show the abandoned house while Suzanne screams in the background and when she goes to the station to drop her curriculum and she’s talking to Ed and she’s taking a letter from her bag and just puts it back when she sees George, that was hilarious. I also only noticed later that she slept with that journalist in Miami but I guess I’m just dense lol

I also love Gone Girl and Rosamund Pike and I read that she watched To Die For as an inspiration for Amy so I was expecting Suzanne to be more chilling, cold and calculated and while she was all that, I think the movie carried a certain humour that I really enjoyed. Also loved Suzanne’s outfits and how bright the colors were, I absolutely hate the trend where films and shows nowadays feel the need to turn off all the lights on set and everything is dark af.

Just really enjoyed the movie, gave it a 4/5 because I wished we could’ve seen how Suzanne’s plan started, I could understand why she wanted to kill Larry but the plan felt so sloppy and it’d so easy to track back the boys to her, and I think her plan would be more elaborate idk.

Just wondering if anyone else is also a fan and your thoughts about To Die For!