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Standard Issue Podcast

Rated or Dated: To Die For (1995)

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Gus van Sant’s black comedy gave Nicole Kidman the opportunity to show her villainous chops to mid-90s audiences. It also took a swipe at a media-obsessed America. But 30 years on, does it feel a bit old hat to modern audiences? What was it trying to say about ambitious women? And bitches – be they crazy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to rated or dated. I am.

0:11.9

God, you should know this by now.

0:13.8

Hannah's on Levy and I am joined by Mickey Noonan.

0:18.1

Hello.

0:19.3

And picker of this week's film, Jen Offered.

0:22.5

Hello.

0:23.2

I think they probably do know who you are by now, Hannah, but who knows?

0:27.1

You two, total surprised.

0:28.5

I'm peri menopausal.

0:29.5

You need to tell me every single week.

0:32.8

So, Jen, we were back with the bitches being crazy this week.

0:38.3

What did you have us watching?

0:39.8

Well, Hannah, that's one of my questions.

0:42.5

Anyway, back in 1995 when she still wasn't allowed to wear heels,

0:48.3

and all of that Botox was just a twinkle in her unblemished youthful lie,

0:52.2

Nicole Kidman, was already 12 years into her career

0:56.4

when she took the lead role in Gus Van Sance's Dark Comedy to Die For.

1:02.0

She already had a few big films under her belt and had been a hit with critics in previous

1:06.8

performances, such as in 1989's Dead Calm, but it was perhaps this film that was the first

1:12.7

to make both critics and audiences sit up and take notice, earning her a handful of award

1:18.7

nominations and actually a win in the Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.

1:25.9

Now, on paper, it doesn't necessarily sound that funny, after all,

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