Death Becomes Her

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This 1992 black comedy by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Back to the Future trilogy) features some of the most eye-popping special effects of the '90s in its story of a narcissistic star (Meryl Streep) who steals the husband (Bruce Willis) of another woman (Goldie Hawn) and continues her rivalry with her even after death. A magic potion keeps both women going despite the punishment of murderous bullets and fatal plunges, and the joke is that even as they rot they remain vain about appearances. Though he's fashioned a one-note movie, Zemeckis gets a lot of mileage out of such impressive sights as Hawn walking around with a hole in her chest the size of a basketball, and Streep--her head and arms twisted 180 degrees--moving like a broken crab. It's weird, it's sick, it's hilarious, and the stars push the whole project to a classy entertainment. Isabella Rossellini is great as a scantily clad witch who sells the immortality brew. The DVD release has a full-screen presentation, optional French and Spanish soundtracks, optional Spanish subtitles, and Dolby sound. --Tom Keogh

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Death Becomes Her.......2007-09-04

I love this movie. It's dark, funny and the the cast is perfect. The storyline is a little out there, but that and the cast is what makes this movie a big hit in my eyes. I'm a huge Meryl Steep fan! I would also reccommend "SheDevil" with Meryl Streep & Roseanne Barr. Another out there storyline, but it's one of "sweet revenge" movies. Thankfully I was able to purchase this movie from Amazon at an awesome price!!

Hilarious.......2007-07-12

This movie was to funny!!!! It's crazy to see what women would do for beauty!!! Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis,and Goldie Hawn, did fantastic jobs in this movie. I loved the part at the end when Goldie slipped on the spray can and they both fell and scattered into pieces at the bottom of the stairs. To funny!!!!!Everything has a price right!!!!LOL!!!

One of a kind movie.......2007-07-02

I loved this movie. I had no idea what this movie was about and had never seen any trailer of it. I was thinking "another Meryl Streep's melodrama"; but this crazy movie tickled my brain and belly through out the play time. This is one of a kind movie with great star cast and they all are very very funny. Buy yourself a copy because you will never get tired of this movie.

Movies.......2007-06-27

I loved this movie! I hadn't seen it in years but what a funny movie to look back on. Great investment into a movie collection.

very funny movie.......2007-05-07

this movie is so funny. goldie and merryl streep are hilarious. i wish there was more movies like this. the way madeline's head turns all the other way around is so cool and always wondered how they did that. what a funny movie this was and still is.

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Death Becomes Her [Region 2]
Starring: Meryl Streep , Bruce Willis , Goldie Hawn , Isabella Rossellini , and Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Customer Reviews:

Death Becomes Her.......2007-09-04

Hilarious.......2007-07-12

One of a kind movie.......2007-07-02

Movies.......2007-06-27

I loved this movie! I hadn't seen it in years but what a funny movie to look back on. Great investment into a movie collection.

very funny movie.......2007-05-07

Average customer rating:

Death Becomes Her
Hilarious
One of a kind movie
Movies
very funny movie

Death Becomes Her
Starring: Meryl Streep , Bruce Willis , Goldie Hawn , Isabella Rossellini , and Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: 0783223676
Release Date: 1998-01-20

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If Robert Zemeckis's mega-hit Forrest Gump was too sweet for your taste, you may enjoy the undiluted bitterness of his previous movie, a cynical black comedy that was ahead of its time. Death Becomes Her, an outlandish parable about America's obsession with youth and vanity, exposes the corrosive side of Zemeckis's comic sensibility, the sort of scathing satirical edge he gleefully flourished in his overlooked 1980 Used Cars, which has developed a cult following. Meryl Streep has a ball as the deliciously vicious Madeline Ashton, a flamboyantly mannered actress who makes Bette Davis's formidable Margo Channing in All About Eve look like a wallflower. Goldie Hawn is also in razor-sharp comedic form as Madeline's long-time "best friend," Helen. Sensing a bargain she just can't resist, Madeline steals Helen's meek, plastic-surgeon husband Ernest (Bruce Willis) for her own convenience, and the two women become sworn enemies. But the real complications arise when the two are introduced to a secret anti-aging formula by a mysterious and exotic woman (Isabella Rossellini, delightfully ridiculous) that not only smoothes away wrinkles but actually guarantees immortality. As their undying bodies are twisted and mutilated by violent attacks on each other, both women grow increasingly dependent on Ernest for cosmetic repair. The pioneering digital effects inflicted on Streep and Hawn are as grotesque as they are imaginative and hilarious. Like James Cameron (The Abyss, Titanic), Zemeckis loves a technical challenge, and the new visual tools developed for this movie made his later work (in Forrest Gump and Contact) possible. The digital video disc includes a short feature on the movie's production. --Jim Emerson

Customer Reviews:

Death Becomes Her.......2007-09-04

Hilarious.......2007-07-12

One of a kind movie.......2007-07-02

Movies.......2007-06-27

I loved this movie! I hadn't seen it in years but what a funny movie to look back on. Great investment into a movie collection.

very funny movie.......2007-05-07

Average customer rating:

"I can see right through you!"

Death Becomes Her [Region 2]
Starring: Meryl Streep , Bruce Willis , Goldie Hawn , Isabella Rossellini , and Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

( D ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B00004S5ST

Customer Reviews:

"I can see right through you!" .......2006-01-27

Rivalry between two women (Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn) over a doctor/undertaker (Bruce Willis) leads to extreme measures. They take an elixir that maintains beauty forever with some minor side effects (and a belated warning).

One woman becomes very twisted, the other holier than thou.
Who will he choose?
I will not go into details, as they are the movie. However the great acting and good special effects will hold your attention. One must be prepared to suspend reality.

Average customer rating:

"I can see right through you!"

Death Becomes Her [Region 2]
Starring: Meryl Streep , Bruce Willis , Goldie Hawn , Isabella Rossellini , and Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

( D ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B00004VY1F

Customer Reviews:

"I can see right through you!".......2007-09-05

Rivalry between two women (Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn) over a doctor/undertaker (Bruce Willis) leads to extreme measures. They take an elixir that maintains beauty forever with some minor side effects (and a belated warning by scantily clad Isabella Rossellini).

One woman becomes very twisted, the other holier than thou.
Who will he choose?

The great acting and good special effects will hold your attention. One must be prepared to suspend reality.

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