Product: To Die For (1995)
Rating: 5.0
"Daring Film"
Although Nicole Kidman is an Oscar-winning actress who has starred in many Hollywood films, very rarely has she appeared in a movie that went to the top of the boxoffice charts. Never in the same league as Sandra Bollock or Julia Roberts, Kidman has, however, developed an ardent fan base that loves her performances and admires her for the fact that she does attempt to find that one movie that will someday make her a major boxoffice atttraction. In "To Die For" Kidman plays Suzanne Stone, a wannabe weather girl at a local TV station who dreams of becoming the next Barbara Walters in her hometown. She marries a man (played beautifully by Matt Dillon) who is part of a powerful mafia family. When he attempts to start a family with her and insists that she put her career dreams on hold , Suzanne plots to kill him. A wickedly yet dramatic film, "To Die For" is my favorite Nicole Kidman movie. I was surprised when I discovered the film was a major flop at the boxoffice as it is truely the best movie Kidman has ever done. Budgeted at $20,000,000, the film only took in 21 million. The role of Suzanne was offered to Meg Ryan originally who turned it down because she was only offered $5,000,000 to star in it. The role then went to Kidman who was given a 2 million dollar salary paycheck, an extremely low sum for a starring role.