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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

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Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

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 elixir that promises eternal youth, life and loveliness. They discover, to their dismay, that the... 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]

Genre: Comedies

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

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

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 1, 1999

[DVD Details]

DVD features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital - 3.0 - English
  • Dolby Digital - 3.0 - Spanish
  • Dolby Digital - 3.0 - French

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manic and crazed, but well-done

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04/29/05
Rich Cline
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3/5

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01/01/00
BBC
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C+

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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Emanuel Levy
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07/28/05
Lori Hoffman
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07/17/05
Emanuel Levy
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06/23/05
Jake Euker
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Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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10/13/04
Frank Swietek
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3/4

Stunningly inventive madness.

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Michael Dequina
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3/5

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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3/5

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

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08/20/03
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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Janet Maslin
New York Times
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03/23/03
Robert Roten
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02/10/03
Shannon J. Harvey
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12/18/02
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
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2/5

Further evidence that Zemeckis is the anti-Christ

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11/05/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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07/26/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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3/5

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

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
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Peter Travers
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