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Nicole Kidman: The Perfect Cinematic Anti-Depressant

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (51)



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What’s great about Nicole Kidman is that she’s always choose such cheery, fun, lighthearted projects: Margot at the Wedding, Hours, Birth, The Human Stain, The Invasion and The Interpreter, for instance. You can always count on a Nicole Kidman movie to bring you right out of a depressive funk. I thought I heard she was retiring, but she’s now got five projects on her plate, including the happy-go-lucky, The Need, in which she and Naomi Watts play a therapist and her suicidal patient, who is having an affair with the therapist’s husband.

Her latest project is another in a series of pick-me-uppers, Down the Rabbit Hole. She’s play opposite Aaron Eckhart, as a husband and wife disrupted by tragedy when their son dies. It follows the emotional journey they must take to regain their happiness. Sounds like the feel-good movie of the year. John Cameron-Mitchell will direct, working off of David Lindsey-Abaire’s script, adapted from his own stage play. Eckhart, who is shooting The Rum Diary, opposite Johnny Depp’s Hunter Thompson, will take up the movie after Battle: Los Angeles (described as an L.A. version of Cloverfield and Brand New Day, a romantic drama also starring Jenifer Aniston, in which he has to come to terms with the death of his wife. Happy days!









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Comments

Anti-depressant?!?

But just look at her! She's all somber-eyed and dour. I bet her wardrobe is chock-full of dark clothing to match her dark mood on dark days in her dark world. She couldn't crack a believable smile if a proper Mandingo-type snuck up and laid it on her.

Laid his pipe, is what I'm saying.

Nicole Kidman is just scary.

Posted by: malikvlc at April 3, 2009 10:05 AM

She's way too depressing now. She used to do lighter roles (Practical Magic and To Die For come to mind). Now? I may see it when it hits TBS. And there's no cartoons on. And I'm bored out of my skull.

So...probably not.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at April 3, 2009 10:06 AM

I bet that Kidman lady is one cold fish, she looks like she don’t suck no dick either. You just know as soon as her man cum on her she jumps up and runs in the bathroom and washes his junk off of her as quickly as she can.

Posted by: Pookie at April 3, 2009 10:09 AM

I'd still do her.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at April 3, 2009 10:11 AM

Charming.

Posted by: Skewicide Blonde at April 3, 2009 10:15 AM

Has it occurred to you that when one is addicted to botox, one can only take roles that require the maintenance of a stony, sad expression at all times?

Posted by: PaddyDog at April 3, 2009 10:16 AM

Good call, PaddyDog. I hadn't even thought of the Botox thing. Hmmm... Could THAT be the reason that Invasion movie was such an easy choice for her?

Posted by: malikvlc at April 3, 2009 10:19 AM

Birth still stands as the absolute worst movie I have ever seen.

Posted by: boo at April 3, 2009 10:19 AM

Why do all these dramatic, sad roles go to an actress with one the most frozen faces in Hollywood?

I demand that she star in a movie opposite Keanu Reeves where they play a married couple who lose all 12 of their crippled but inspiring children when a plane transporting puppies, bunnies and candy crashes into their house. Anything to draw some emotion from either of them.

Posted by: branded at April 3, 2009 10:21 AM

Forgot to mention, the candy that perishes in this blaze? Cadbury Mini-eggs.

Posted by: branded at April 3, 2009 10:22 AM

Whoa whoa WHOA!

Eckhart, who is shooting The Rum Diary, opposite Johnny Depp’s Hunter Thompson...

You drop that in the middle? I am overcome with joy and anticipation of Johnny playing HST again. Whee!

Nicole, bring back the red! You were gorgeous in Moulin Rouge. In the words of my cantakerous father "the whole damn world is going blond". Isla Fisher and Amy Adams are hot right now!

Posted by: amanda47 at April 3, 2009 10:25 AM

What the hell is going on with Ekhart? The Dark Night and The Rum Diary, then we move to such sure to be classics Down the Career Rabbit Hole, Cloverfield: The Fake and finishing off with a dose of Jennifer Arsenic.

Bye Aaron, it was good to know you.

Posted by: admin at April 3, 2009 10:25 AM

Your fake chicken embryo eating soul will burn in hell for eternity for such thoughts branded.

Posted by: admin at April 3, 2009 10:29 AM

I will beat you with a bag of mini eggs, branded. Those candy shells are PAINFUL.

I miss the radiant Kidman of Practical Magic. Not that I love that movie or anything.*


*I really love that movie.

Posted by: Julie at April 3, 2009 10:30 AM

Nicole Kidman aside, I'm excited for the movie adaptation of "Rabbit Hole." I saw the play last year and it was utterly fantastic. Depressing as hell, but great. If Kidman and Eckhart can bring even half the emotion the script calls for (and I have no doubts about Eckhart), it'll be well worth it.

Posted by: Kelmo at April 3, 2009 10:33 AM

Forgot to mention, the candy that perishes in this blaze? Cadbury Mini-eggs.

*drops to knees*

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! LOOOOOOOIS!!!!"

Posted by: twig at April 3, 2009 10:33 AM

Well, it's technically not Hunter, since it's a novel, but it seems to mirror a lot of his time working in the Caribbean.

Anti-depressant?!?

Ah say, it was a joke, son, a joke!

Or: "Sarcastic Font: On"

I still absolutely love the Golden Compass Kim Novak look, but red is good.

Posted by: Jay at April 3, 2009 10:35 AM

amanda47: Hear, hear. Red hair mysterious and dangerous and rare. Blond hair is . . . yellow. Woodstock is yellow.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at April 3, 2009 10:45 AM

Hey, lay offa Woodstock!

Posted by: Jay at April 3, 2009 10:46 AM

Kelmo, I head that play was fantastic, I wish I could have seen it.

Kidman with red hair: YES
Kidman with blonde hair: So very icey and boring and washed out. She's too pale to pull it off. It's like pouring bleach on a polar bear.

Posted by: Julie at April 3, 2009 10:48 AM

I will beat you with a bag of mini eggs

No, no, no! What a waste of sinfully delicious chocolate. They are what M & Ms can only aspire to be. I do wish they'd make a dark chocolate version.

Posted by: Cindy at April 3, 2009 10:50 AM

Kelmo:

I also saw Rabbit Hole on stage (with Cynthia Nixon and John Slattery). It was fantastic. Since both of those actors have solid screen presence, I wonder why they weren't chosen to take their roles to film?

Posted by: PaddyDog at April 3, 2009 10:50 AM

Now back on topic - I really loved the Nicole of yore, she of fiery, red curls and a little bit of frizz. She of Dead Calm and To Die For; she was the Nicole who could have kicked Cruise to the curb with her stiletto (only the heel would have gotten stuck up his tiny arsehole and he'd have died of some anal-obstruction related horror). Nicole, you coulda been somebody (with moveable facial features).

Posted by: Cindy at April 3, 2009 10:53 AM

Whenever I feel down, I watch Dogville. Works better than an anti-depressant. I can't bitch about life when I'm not being raped repeatedly and tortured by Patricia Clarkson breaking my collectible figurines.

Posted by: Robert at April 3, 2009 11:13 AM

She's too pale to pull it off

Aw now, whaddaya want, Julie? Platinum blonde with a tan? I've eaten something today--I don't wanna vomit it!

Posted by: Jay at April 3, 2009 11:13 AM

*I really love that movie.
Me too, Julie. Me too. Shhhhhh.....

As a redhead, I prefer the Nicole Kidman with the exquisite red hair. She's about a thousand times hotter with red hair since it actually compliments her skin tone. If you glow in the dark because you're so white, red hair will probably work on you.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits (formerly Dangle McGee) at April 3, 2009 11:13 AM

So, to sum up my previous comment: red hair. The part of my brain that assists with synonyms is still sleeping.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits (formerly Dangle McGee) at April 3, 2009 11:15 AM

Ew, no way Jay (RHYMING!) But something about her face doesn't go with blonde.

...that doesn't make much sense. I DON'T CARE, if I ever see Kidman in person I'm attacking her with a red magic marker.

Posted by: Julie at April 3, 2009 11:18 AM

I think John Cameron-Mitchell is brilliant and no can tell me otherwise. I will actually break my streak of never paying to see a Nicole Kidman movie just for him. Maybe his being director will break her streak of never having been in a movie where a man sucked his own dick.

Posted by: courtney 2 at April 3, 2009 11:27 AM

I wonder if she went grey early - redheads sometimes do - and the only way she could convincingly cover it up was to go blonde. Or maybe she doesn't own a mirror. Either way, I agree she looked better as a curly redhead. I also miss hearing her accent in films. I hate Days of Thunder, but I love the way she says "Cole" in it.

And I, too, love Practical Magic. "Hang onto your husbands, ladies!"

Posted by: Kolby at April 3, 2009 11:31 AM

Look, say what you want about Ni'Kid. She cuh-razy, fo' real. BUT this is an amazing script and story, with deep characters and painfully realistic anguish, and even a few moments of that inappropriate-feeling humor that pops up at funerals, and the like.

Posted by: Patty O'Green at April 3, 2009 11:37 AM

Paddydog:
I'm jealous that you got to see the Broadway version! And I agree that Slattery and Nixon could've nailed the film as well. My guess would be that producers took the unfortunate Hollywood path: they wanted younger, prettier actors.

Patty O'Green:
You summed up why I love the play in one sentence. It feels so real.

Any word yet on who will play the sister or mother?

Posted by: Kelmo at April 3, 2009 11:49 AM

The bitch is almost completely grey. Grey can't hold the red pigment well, so she has no recourse but to go blonde (or look like a facially frozen geriatric).

Posted by: XiuFetish at April 3, 2009 11:50 AM

I'm really enjoying all the Practical Magic love on here. In college is listened to the damn Stevie Nicks song from the soundtrack non-stop for about two weeks. Will still stop what I'm doing and watch if it's on TBS.

Posted by: Austin at April 3, 2009 12:23 PM

They are what M & Ms can only aspire to be. I do wish they'd make a dark chocolate version.

Cindy, they do make dark chocolate mini eggs. they also make them for Christmas--they are red, green, and white--i think they're supposed to look like ornaments or something.

Posted by: pq at April 3, 2009 12:31 PM

I love Practial Magic. Ah, those were the days Nicole. When your hair was red, and your forehead moved. Good times.

*singing* You were always on my mind...

Posted by: Jeni at April 3, 2009 1:02 PM

Holy shit. Is it Christmas yet?

Posted by: Cindy at April 3, 2009 1:04 PM

Sex with her is probably slightly less satisfying than sex with a real doll.

Posted by: dave at April 3, 2009 1:55 PM

I really did use to love her. Moulin Rouge! cemented that love, because such a crazy spitfire in that, so fun and ENERGETIC. But it seems that only a few years after that she resorted to just using her WHISPER voice where everything is said in a raspy whisper close to tears, she shot her face so full of Botox it barely even moves, and the love is gone.

Hmm...Though on the topic of Nic Kidman movies, what do you guys think of 'The Others'? I saw this the other day and absolutely loved it. She was great in that, I thought.

Posted by: figgy at April 3, 2009 1:58 PM

But Shadows, aren't you worried she'd snap like a dried-up twig in any position other than cowgirl?

I found Kidman to be quite enjoyable in The Others - it had everything you could ever want in a comedy - ghosts, creepy-eyed old ladies, unlocking doors, everything except an actual facial expression on the lead actress!

Posted by: lordhelmet at April 3, 2009 2:12 PM

***SPOILERS*** About The Others, because I don't want to get yelled at for spoiling a movie that's like 10 years old

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I always thought that she had no expression...because she was DEAD. Makes perfect sense! You don't want dead people to have faces that MOVE, do you? Sheesh.

OK, no, she's really just plastic by then.

***END SPOILERS***

Posted by: figgy at April 3, 2009 2:20 PM

But figs, she's not supposed to be dead on the red carpet - do you mean to say she's plastic in real life too??

Posted by: lordhelmet at April 3, 2009 2:44 PM

I'm always afraid that Nicole Kidman is going to stab me. Just jump out of the shadows somewhere and stick a shiv in me. Brrrrrrr.

Posted by: Odnon at April 3, 2009 3:43 PM

And you know she wouldn't need much of a shadow to hide in..

Is it true that when she enters the room the air temperature drops 5 degrees?

Posted by: lordhelmet at April 3, 2009 4:02 PM

Ahhh Practical Magic...

you were always on my miiiiiind... you were always on my mind

I too think Nicole has gone a little too far with the botox. She looked so lovely and real when she got pregnant and had to cut off her relationship with the damned poison.

Posted by: Wormer at April 3, 2009 4:03 PM

Neither Nicole Kidman nor Naomi Watts are actually Australian; Nicole was born in Hawaii and Naomi in England. I mention it because here in Australia the public only considers you Australian if we like you enough. Russell Crowe was Australian in the Gladiator era, but after the phone-throwing malarkey he's from New Zealand. Mel Gibson is American now that he hates all the Jews. If Nicole Kidman gets any more plastic I anticipate a change of nationality for her, too.

Posted by: James at April 3, 2009 9:10 PM

Maybe she thought Eyes Wide Shut was an uplifting movie because she was wiping herself on the toliet?

Posted by: iceman at April 3, 2009 9:43 PM

And you know she wouldn't need much of a shadow to hide in..
posted by: lordhelmet

Dude, she is her own shadow.

Posted by: Odnon at April 3, 2009 10:52 PM

I just love this new world where everybody talks like they were born in a garbage can. That said, I saw ,Far And Away, with Nicole and Tom the other day on TV and wondered why Ron Howard didn't get an award for that picture. I thought Tom and Nicole did a fantastic job of acting in that picture also!

Posted by: loved it at April 4, 2009 1:17 AM

I used to love Nicole Kidman. Then, sometime while while she was under that makeup in THE HOURS, her face was murdered, and was never seen again.

But it was carefully preserved, tightened, and stretched back over her skull.

Posted by: JLRoberson at April 4, 2009 3:55 AM

Hey! She use to be married to Tom Cruise then she has all the right in the World to wallow in a pit of self hatred. She's earned the right dammit! Who are you to say she hasn’t earned the right?

….Poor Katie Holmes, She use to be so happy

Posted by: RonnyK at April 4, 2009 11:22 AM


















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