FlashCallahan Realising his secret girlfriend Dorothy's pregnancy will sour her relations with her rich father, career-minded student Jonathan murders her, making it look like suicide. He then moves to New York to make a move on her twin Ellen, and soon, they marry.All seems to go well for him, although Ellen's continued investigations into what she is convinced was no suicide forces him to kill again......Erotic thrillers were released every week in the late eighties and nineties, and as you'd expect, there were a load of stinkers between the golden nuggets, and for every time Michael Douglas popped up, Madonna popped out in Body Of Evidence...This falls somewhere between the two, a quick remake of a classic movie to make a few million, but this, unfortunately, is woefully miscast.Dillon is usually a great actor, but as the film goes on, and he becomes increasingly more suspicious, he seems to channel the T-1000, because he just turns up at any old place, says nothing, and kills, and this is for over half of the film.Young, well she plays dual roles, and if like myself, you were relieved when one of her roles ended quickly, wait until you meet the mirror opposite sister, all quiet, timid, but never too busy to take her clothes off.Nothing's ever really explained as to why he is like he is, although it's hinted that his father may have thrown himself under a train belonging to Youngs dad, but the film is in too much of a hurry to get to the next titillating scene to give a clear enough explanation.But the film is very visceral with its portrayal of violence, and two key death scenes are extremely brutal, as these sort of films usually concentrate on the love scenes.All in all its an average affair, but watchable fluff.

merklekranz Totally predictable, totally unlikely, is the only way to describe this convoluted mess of a movie. Matt Dillon gets away with murder and no police are bright enough to figure out his game. I mean how exactly did he manage to hang somebody from the rafters in five minutes? How does he happen to conveniently manage to be in just the right place at just the right time?None of the characters are likable, and the whole film becomes nothing more than a "so what". This is truly a movie to avoid, because it is so insulting to the viewer. I hated everything about "A Kiss Before Dying", and do not understand how this rates a 5.3. To me it is a zero. - MERK

qormi Great movie from start to finish. Dillon and Young have a sick chemistry that works well. Dillon is very convincing as the killer without a conscience...every movement and word he utters seems authentic. Young plays the aristocratic nonconformist very well. You actually believe she is throwing away a life of luxury to be a social worker. Dillon's manipulative ways cast everyone under his spell, but ultimately, Young's character is more than a match for him. The way Dillon's character brutally and straightforwardly kills people, so purposefully and without hesitation or compassion, is very chilling. Th film was very well-paced, tight, suspenseful, and involving. Von Sydow and the rest of the supporting cast were brilliant. The detective, who was no Kojak or Columbo, was revealed to be just a dullard, yet he was the only person Young could confide in. She didn't even need him. Excellent movie that will hold your interest throughout.

uroskin 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 has escaped from, to the bleaching of the heroine and taking the Kim Novak role a la Vertigo with possibly lethal consequences. I was hugely amused and never mind the creaking plot. On a technical level, I loved the Technicolor hue of the film, very Hitchcock period too. I'm not sure why the lead actress, Sean Young, got a double Razzie award for her dual role. It seems undeserved. I'm sure there must have been far worse performances in 1991 to choose from.