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Death Becomes Her

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Death Becomes Her (1992)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:10

Rotten:8

Average Rating:5.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Two women, one an author of beauty books and the other a vain actress, constantly compete with each other over which is the more attractive. So they both can't resist when presented with a magical... Two women, one an author of beauty books and the other a vain actress, constantly compete with each other over which is the more attractive. So they both can't resist when presented with a magical elixir that promises eternal youth, life and loveliness. They discover, to their dismay, that the fiendish potion has some unexpectedly devastating -- and darkly funny -- effects. [More]

Starring: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini

Starring: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini, Sydney Pollack, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke, Michelle Johnson, Mary Ellen Trainor, William Frankfather, John Ingle, Fabio

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Martin Donovan
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Producer: Robert Zemeckis

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Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Relies way too much on the FX toys, but there's also some really funny stuff scattered about.

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Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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In this darker than dark comedy, the actors (Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn) are used as props, part of Bob Zemeckis' nasty, effects-driven satire of our obsession with youth and physical looks.

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Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Further evidence that Zemeckis is the anti-Christ

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11/05/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Some neat ideas in this flick, all of them way overplayed.

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manic and crazed, but well-done

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