A Kiss Before Dying

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A Kiss Before Dying

R

1991

1h 35m

Mystery & Thriller

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Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dillon) secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson (Sean Young) to gain the approval of her wealthy father (Max von Sydow). When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

3/4

This is Matt Dillon's first film since Drugstore Cowboy, and demonstrates again that he is one of the best actors working in movies.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

01/26/2023

Nothing that happens is logical or even plausible, but it is never boring. [Full review in Spanish]

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

05/16/2009

Most unkindly (but amusingly), the 1992 Razzie Awards gave Sean Young both the Worst Actress and Worst Supporting Actress Awards for playing the twins

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

07/04/2005

3/5

Matt Dillon is chilling....one of the better erotic thrillers of the 90's

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

07/01/2005

2/5

Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS)

03/19/2004

1/5

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Sérgio N

@RT03383691 Oct 18

As a standalone film, it reasonably fulfills its purpose. The problem is that I had just read the book, so I was extremely disappointed, as they left out a lot of things and changed many others, significantly altering the overall plot of the work.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Oct 8

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Steve D

@RT35616104 02/23/2023

A completely unlikable uninteresting mess.

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05/17/2021

The acting by Sean Young and Matt Dillion in this film is sub par at best. His perfomance bordered on being comedically inappropriate while Sean Young maintained a flat affect throughout.

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10/18/2017

Difficult to understand somewhat, but fairly clever and I'll say old-fashioned story telling. I did not know there was a much earlier film based on the book. Note the brief erotic element.

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12/21/2016

Terrible acting, typical psycho. Ugly woman

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Synopsis

Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dillon) secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson (Sean Young) to gain the approval of her wealthy father (Max von Sydow). When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.

Director: James Dearden
Producer: Robert Lawrence
Screenwriter: James Dearden
Production Co: Initial Pictures, Universal Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 4, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.7M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround