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Nicole Kidman

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I see this biography of Nicole Kidman, and, being a red-blooded All-American type, I decided to check out one of my favorite actresses. Having admired Ms. Kidman since her Dead Calm days, I like to claim her as one of my film "discoveries" so there's more than a bit of prejudice about her.

This biography, painstakingly researched and meticulously detailed, is a work of many textures and is an enjoyable as it is thorough.

But, hey, wait until you come to Chapter Seven - "The Making of Eyes Wide Shut" -- the film she and then-husband Tom Cruise made with the late, great Stanley Kubrick.

A longtime admirer of Kubrick's work, I learned some hand-wringing details about ol' Stanley such as whether or not the myths surrounding him and his allegedly bizarre work habits were true or not.

And SEX, oh yes. Nicole Kidman and sex. We see how Kubrick manipulated, managed, whatever, Ms. Kidman's 'love' scenes in Eyes Wide Shut. and how those scenes affected her marriage with the oh-so-nearby Mr. Cruise. This chapter has some of the 'hottest' descriptions I've seen in a serious, almost scholarly, biography. The pages were singed on the ends.

It's here where the reader gets hooked and then digs in for the rest of the ride, particularly after reading the interview with the 'sailor' who did the 'love' scenes with our star.

As a read, this book is every bit as fabulous as Nicole is an actress. It is filled with psychological insights into her marriage to Tom Cruise and offers the most detailed information yet about her experiences growing up in Australia.

The best part of this book centers on the making of "Eyes Wide Shut." Beyond any doubt, it is the steamiest, most erotic writing I have enountered about a major Hollywood star. My glasses are still steamed over.

You will never be sorry you read this book.

While Nicole Kidman is an interesting subject, and I love to read about her and watch her films, the writer of this book is infantile, and often makes you wonder if he has studied English at all. There are bizarre run-on sentences and wording that simply doesn't make sense. The style is choppy and uninteresting.
You might like this book if you are just hoping to learn a little more on Kidman's life, but expect to overlook some major shortcomings in the writer.

Same stuff you hear in the news. Doesn't tell you about why or how her marriage broke up or anything else really.

I REALLY LIKED THIS BOOK ABOUT MOVIE ACTRESS NICOLE KIDMAN. I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT HER. AFTER READING THIS I GOT A CRASH COURSE ABOUT HER LIFE. THE BOOK ITSELF HAS FACTS ABOUT NICOLE AND ALOT OF IT HAS FACTS CONCERNING HER MOVIES AND SOME OF THE ACTORS IN THEM. ONE COMPLAINT I HAVE IS THAT I WAS HOPING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT NICOLE AND LESS ABOUT HER MOVIES. SHE CERTAINLY IS VERY TALENTED AND IS EXTREMELY NICE LOOKING. LIKE MOST OTHER READERS I FOUND THE PARTS ABOUT EYES WIDE SHUT WAS THE MOST INTERESTING. WE ALSO FIND OUT A BIT ABOUT HER MARRIAGE TO TOM (FULL OF HIMSELF AND OTHER THINGS) CRUISE AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS WITH RUSSELL CROWE AND OTHERS. ALL IN ALL IF YOU LIKE NICOLE THIS IS A NICE READ AND HAS A SECTION AT THE END OF THE BOOK THAT COVERS ALL HER MOVIES WITH A CAST LIST AND A BRIEF SUMMARY ABOUT THE MOVIE. WORTH IT.