Death Becomes Her
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was formerly engaged to her longtime rival, Helen. After emerging from a mental breakdown, Helen is determined to murder Madeline and win Ernest back for herself. However, when a magical potion enters the picture, the situation becomes far more complicated than a simple scheme for murder.
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Michael A. Nickles
Sydney Pollack
Robert Zemeckis
Dana J. Kuznetzkoff
Marty P. Ewing
Cherylanne Martin
Anne Rapp
Ken Ralston
Max Kleven
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daniel_carr
Funny, great story and a twist in the plot! I'm a sci-fi, fantasy guy and this checked all the boxes for my. Even had romance, so it was a good movie. Had some big names so only thing missing for me was a little more action and a deeper history.
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"Helen" (Goldie Hawn) has always lived in the shadow of her friend, the successful actress "Madeline" (Meryl Streep), but when she loses her fiancée - renowned, if rather dowdy, plastic surgeon "Dr. Menville" (Bruce Willis) to her, she loses the plot. Eventually twice the size and evicted from her apartment with her hands still glued to the ice cream pot, she is sent to a mental institution were she finally concocts a plan for revenge. Meantime, the marriage has rather gone to seed. "Madeline" seeks comfort in the arms of younger men, but when her latest beau rejects her, she finds herself - via the kindly intervention of an almost unrecognisable Ian Ogilvy ("Chagall") - in the lair of the seductive "Lisle von Rhuman" (Isabella Rossellini) who offers her eternal youth. Of course there is a price - but will she pay it? What ensues for the last forty five minutes is really quite entertaining. Streep and Hawn look like they are enjoying themselves as their antics become comically macabre. Willis, the now bottle-hitting doctor - who has been largely reduced to manicuring corpses - is also clearly having some fun and Rossellini hams up wonderfully. The ending isn't my favourite, but I suppose it was "fair" and desserts were just. This is an amiable, feel-good, comedy with everyone on good form, some lovely snide dialogue and I liked it.
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The directors of Death Becomes Her are Michael A. Nickles, Sydney Pollack, Robert Zemeckis, Dana J. Kuznetzkoff, Marty P. Ewing, Cherylanne Martin, Anne Rapp, Ken Ralston, and Max Kleven.
The cast of Death Becomes Her includes Bruce Willis as Dr. Ernest Menville, Isabella Rossellini as Lisle von Rhuman, Kay Yamamoto as Psychiatric Patient, Debra Jo Rupp as Psychiatric Patient, Meryl Streep as Madeline Ashton Menville, Nancy Fish as Rose, Mary Ellen Trainor as Vivian Adams, Kenneth Hughes as Dancer, John Enos III as Lisle's Body Guard, William Frankfather as Mr. Franklin, Jean St. James as Psychiatric Patient, Michael Higgins as Dancer, and more.
The duration of Death Becomes Her is 1h 44 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Death Becomes Her trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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Death Becomes Her was released on 30 Jul 1992.
Death Becomes Her is listed under Comedy, Fantasy, and Horror on Fanbiz.
Death Becomes Her has 2 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Funny, great story and a twist in the plot! I'm a sci-fi, fantasy guy and this checked all the boxes for my. Even had romance, so it was a good movie. Had some big names so only..."
