It is a drama and comedy film featuring a novel named Joyce Maynard. The film is about Susan Stone (Nicole Kidman) who tries to reach her dream of becoming a world-famous news anchor. In order to achieve that realistic security in her life, she married Larry Marito (Matt Dillon) where they both have a different experience.
If, like me, you find things to admire in all of Gus Van Sant's early films, you may be especially gratified by what he's done with a satirical anti-TV script by Buck Henry.
An irresistible black comedy and a wicked delight.
EmanuelLevy.Com
January 09, 2007
A mean-spirited satire, told in mock-tabloid style, this film features the best performance of Nicole Kidman to date (better than The Hours for which she won an Oscar), as an amoral small-town girl obsessed with becoming a TV star.
If you've hitherto failed to respond to the laid-back oddball appeal of Van Sant's movies, fear not: this is a sharp, consistently funny blend of black comedy and satire on the deleterious effects of television.
