A Kiss Before Dying

Remake of the Fifties 'film noir' of the same name, this movie from the writer of "Fatal Attraction" turns out to be an entertaining and tense thriller about a young man (Matt Dillon) obsessed with a family's wealth and power.... Full review

Having read Ira Levin's novel, and having seen the original film, and now this remake, one can only conclude this was a misguided project that doesn't add anything to the basic premise, or expand on it. Director James Dearden, who... Full review

(There are Spoilers) Meeting young Philadelphia collage student Dorothy Carlsson, Sean Young, at that city's municipal buildings marriage license bureau Jonathan Corliss, Matt Dillon, finds the office closed for lunch. Jonathan then talks the madly in love with him Dorothy... Full review

Poor Sean Young. Once upon a time she was an actress with such a bright future, poised, seemingly, for great stardom. She even had a quality that recalled some of the glamour and allure of the 40's and 50's. Put... Full review

Can't understand why Yahoo gives this only 1 1/2 star rating. They must have spaced out while watching this movie. It's GREAT! The plot is spellbinding. The cast is great... you can't beat Sean Young, Matt Dillon and Max Von Sydow.... Full review

The large part of the fun of watching A Kiss Before Dying is looking out for the number of Hitchcock movie moments the film is paying tribute to: from Psycho's shower shots and the lonesome mother's house our Norman Bates... Full review

STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits Johnathon Corliss (Matt Dillon) uses his hidden intelligence to hatch a scheming plot. Since childhood, his gifts have... Full review

this movie has no decent plot....you get no good feel for why matt dillon's character is driven to kill....don't waste your time on this.... Full review

For this type of thriller, this movie is entirely average. The plot and overall theme is decent enough, but the film loses any potential it might have by featuring such lousy acting. Even Max von Sydow, who is a veteran... Full review

With a few changes, and for reasons known only to themselves, the powers that be remade 1956's "A Kiss Before Dying" in 1991. Now the sisters are twins, and the plot is taken out further - rather than just getting... Full review

Max Von Sydow plays the reserved father in a fine understated performance.....Dillon lurks around every corner waiting to tie up another loose end by killing someone who knows too much..... ... Full Review

The film opens and closes with closeups of Dillon as a boy, looking at those trains going by, and Dillon is too good an actor to feel any need to improve on the emotions we associate with those wide little eyes. We meet him next at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is dating Dorothy ( Sean Young ), one of two twin daughters of crusty old Thor Carlsson (Max von Sydow), a proud millionaire. ... Full Review

Renter beware: This adaptation of the Ira Levin novel, in which a rich woman (Sean Young) marries her twin sister's murderer (Matt Dillon), is one shoddy piece of moviemaking. ... Full Article

These days Bret Easton Ellis isn't the only one accountable for giving the fictional American psycho a bad name. Case in point: the botch that writer-director James Dearden makes of A Kiss Before Dying , starring Matt Dillon as a... ... Full Article