Product: To Die For (1995)
Rating: 4.0
Hi honey, did you miss me ? ... Did you dream about me baby?
So asks Suzanne Maretto (Nicole Kidman) of her husband Larry (Matt Dillon) in the bedroom of their Florida honeymoon hotel. But her loving attitude towards her new husband soon changes as their marriage progresses. Soon she's had enough of him and wants him out of the way so she can pursue a career in the world of television. Larry doesn't realise that Suzanne would even put her career ahead of his own life.Suzanne enlists the help of 3 teens to do the dirty deed. The main one being Jimmy (Joaquin Phoenix, brother to the late River Phoenix who played a young Indiana Jones in the 3rd Indy film).Suzanne uses her body to convince Jimmy to murder Larry. Jimmy mistakenly believes that if he kills Larry, then he can "sleep over" at Suzanne's place every night.Danny Elfman (of "Batman" and "Batman Returns" fame) provides the music for "To Die For". Filming mainly took place in Toronto, with Larry and Suzanne's romantic honeymoon filmed in Florida.This was Nicole Kidman's big film role and really enhanced her career. Matt Dillon doesn't really have a whole lot to do in the film. The film is at times nasty but it does have its good moments. "To Die For" deserves repeated viewings and I give the film 4 stars (and as a male, 5 stars for Nicole Kidman in her tight leopard skin outfit).