Death Becomes Her (1992)
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Duration: 104 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn
IMDb score:
6,7 (153.198)
Releasedate: 30 July 1992
Death Becomes Her plot
"In one small bottle... The fountain of youth. The secret of eternal life. The power of an ancient potion. Sometimes it works... sometimes it doesn't."
Actress Madeline Ashton has seen better days. When her longtime friend Helen Sharp proposes to her fiancé Ernest Menville, she doesn't hesitate for a moment to take him in, because Ernest, as a talented plastic surgeon, can make her look beautiful. Years later, witch Lisle von Rhoman gives Helen the opportunity to drink from the well of eternal youth, rekindling the competition between the ladies.
Actors and actresses
Madeline Ashton Menville
Dr. Ernest Menville
Helen Sharp
Lisle von Rhuman
Chagall
Dakota
Rose
Psychologist
Anna
Vivian Adams
Reviews & comments
deventerate
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- 125 messages
- 182 votes
What an incredibly bad movie! I've never seen such a bad movie! This is the worst movie of any actor or actress to have starred in this. What a shame to have played in this. Too bad this is just the bottom of movie history.
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Don Homer
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- 510 messages
- 1297 votes
Clearly refers to Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the recurring music reminded me of a Hitchcock thriller. On its own, however, the film fails to impress. The effects are good, the script mediocre and the jokes often lackluster.
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Shadowed
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- 12083 messages
- 7064 votes
Not really.
As a director, Robert Zemeckis moves to all sides of the film world. Sometimes it is a dramatic adventure film, other times it is a science fiction film. This time he makes an attempt to make an imaginative film with a large dose of camp. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for him.
With the name Zemeckis I think mainly America, because he clearly belongs to the better known names from this film country. Despite the fact that I don't really see many of his films as absolute toppers, I must say that he has delivered fairly consistent quality. There is something to notice in this film to a lesser extent. What is noticeable are the well-known names that present themselves silly here.
I had to warm up to Willis in particular and by warming up I mean mostly spotting, because it took me a long time to recognize him. Death Becomes Her is a film that focuses very much on rudeness, by which I mean that there are sometimes quite funny scenarios in it, but most of the film leaves a cold impression. Certainly the introduction, in which there is not even any fun at all, goes on far too long.
Once the film starts to get a bit wilder, it starts to pull itself up, but by that time the boredom was already too heavy. A film with little audiovisual experience, but in general also quite disappointing in terms of creativity for a film that includes so many special scenes. Some directors are better off just looking safe. Zemeckis is one of them. Movie that I didn't like at all.
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