A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
"Loving him was easy. Trusting him was deadly."
ThumbScore
👍 64%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 36%
(RT: 31%, MC: 40) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Is A Kiss Before Dying good?
It's divisive. 64% audience score, estimated from 139 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 36%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. 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. Wikipedia ↗
