# On Nicole Kidman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186 "2008-03-29T18:01:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/1 "2008-03-29T18:01:04Z")
I watched the latest re-make of _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ and I honestly never realised up until then what a truly beautiful woman Nicole Kidman is. Man she is absolutely gorgeous I got to thinking and also realised that this lady has not been involved, as far I recall, in any scandals involving drugs, booze or whatever. The film itself _The Invasion_ is pretty much meh but at least it has an ending unlike previous bodysnatcher films. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/2 "2008-03-29T18:02:43Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > **On Nicole Kidman** I’d like to be on Nocole Kidman, I’ll tell you _that!_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/3 "2008-03-29T18:03:00Z")
If you want to wallow in the purity of her beauty, check out _Moulin Rouge_. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/4 "2008-03-29T18:24:03Z")
What was that witch movie she was in? Practical Magc? I’ve only seen pieces of the flick, but I thought she was absolutely stunning in it. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/5 "2008-03-29T18:25:25Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I’d like to be on Nocole Kidman, I’ll tell you _that!_. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yeah well form an orderly queue and remember I’m ahead of you ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/6 "2008-03-29T18:26:28Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] What was that witch movie she was in? Practical Magc? I’ve only seen pieces of the flick, but I thought she was absolutely stunning in it. [/QUOTE] Bewitched ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/7 "2008-03-29T19:12:19Z")
She used to be a lot prettier before she had her skin pulled back so far. As far as drugs and such, she’s been scandal free, but now she has Keith Urban and he’s apparently not without his problems. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/8 "2008-03-29T19:15:04Z")
> [@RevTim](#): > > What was that witch movie she was in? Practical Magc? I’ve only seen pieces of the flick, but I thought she was absolutely stunning in it. [QUOTE=chowder] Bewitched [/QUOTE] She was in Bewitched _and_ Practical Magic. And she looked gorgeous in Practical Magic, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/9 "2008-03-29T19:15:38Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] If you want to wallow in the purity of her beauty, check out _Moulin Rouge_. [/QUOTE] Or “The Interpreter”, for that matter. Yowza! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/10 "2008-03-29T19:27:08Z")
I’m sorta partial to the prim and proper late 1940’s Nicole Kidman of _The Others_, myself. I’ve always been a bit perplexed by the Nicole Kidman haters. She’s one of several actors I’ve seen dissed on this board for their lack of ability that make me quirk an eyebrow. Not that I’ve liked every film she’s been in - for example in the binary world of the _Moulin Rouge_ haters/lovers, I’m a hater. Nor have I liked every role she’s had - she didn’t really have all that much to work with in _Billy Bathgate_, for instance. But really it seems like the majority of her performances have seemed at least solid and she has seemed to have shown some decent amount of range. But I’m no actor myself, so maybe I’m missing something. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/11 "2008-03-29T20:08:00Z")
She is stunning, but in the last few years she’s been botoxed to death. Her forehead never moves and her expression seems quite plastic. She doesn’t need it. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/12 "2008-03-29T20:46:25Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] She was in Bewitched _and_ Practical Magic. And she looked gorgeous in Practical Magic, IMHO. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it was Practical Magic I was thinking of, I didn’t see even pieces of Bewitched. I always thought Sandra Bullock was beautiful, but next to Kidman in Practical Magic she was barely noticeable. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/13 "2008-03-29T21:13:02Z")
You know, she’s pretty nakid in Eyes Wide Shut ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/14 "2008-03-29T21:16:37Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Yeah well form an orderly queue and remember I’m ahead of you [/QUOTE] So that makes you Lucky Pierre, right? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/15 "2008-03-29T21:17:13Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] You know, she’s pretty nakid in Eyes Wide Shut [/QUOTE] And you can see that she is a natural redhead in _Billy Bathgate_. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/16 "2008-03-29T21:18:22Z")
Which is the only possible reason to **ever** see that movie! Believe it or not, I actually got to the point that I didn’t care if she was naked any more, I just wanted the movie to end. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/17 "2008-03-29T22:17:02Z")
Range? What range? She does upper class, white, blonde female fairly well. Other than that–I don’t see a range. Renee Zellwegger and Meryl Streep, as well as Susan Sarandon have much, much deeper ranges than Ms Kidman. And she has lousy taste in men. I won’t go see a movie just because she’s in it. I think she did a good job as Mrs Coulter in The Golden Compass. She’s not as bad as Meg Ryan, who plays herself (or at least the same person) in almost every movie she’s in, but she’s close, IMO. But then, I have little patience with ice queens (being one myself. Heh). ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/18 "2008-03-29T22:28:34Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Range? What range? She does upper class, white, blonde female fairly well. Other than that–I don’t see a range. [/QUOTE] Then you haven’t seen either _To Die For_ or _Birthday Girl._ ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/19 "2008-03-29T22:54:50Z")
To Die For. Oh my, when she’s dancin’ to that Skynnrd song… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186/20 "2008-03-29T23:11:58Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Then you haven’t seen either _To Die For_ or _Birthday Girl._ [/QUOTE] True, dat. But I have no desire to–she’s not someone I look for in film. YMMV. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-nicole-kidman/443186.md?page=2)