A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.
Slyly made satire with an excellent performance by Nicole Kidman has lost some of its bite over time, probably because much of it has come true.
Halliwell*: "A deft satire on the worship of celebrity for its own sake and the way television can elevate the ordinary to heroic status, though it takes aim at an exceptionally easy target - a small-town girl - without managing to hit the bull's-eye."
Maltin**1/2: "Kidman is perfect...this black comedy seems to make all the right moves, but plays out its story with a surprising lack of irony; by the climax it has nothing more to offer."
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