Reviews: November 1995 Archives

To Die For is an ambitious little flick about the seductive lure of stardom, the suggestive power of Nicole Kidman's lips, and the promise of liberation held by a teenage flunky with a handgun who's willing to lose everything for your love. The movie is ambitious, and sounds terrific on paper, but director Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues) can't pull everything together to make any impact at all. It's enough to make you wonder what he's doing with this script in the first place.