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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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manic and crazed, but well-done

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04/29/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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01/26/06
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Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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02/20/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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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02/12/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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07/26/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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

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08/20/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Stunningly inventive madness.

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01/01/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

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Austin Chronicle

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12/18/02
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

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10/13/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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06/23/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Further evidence that Zemeckis is the anti-Christ

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

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07/28/05
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

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01/10/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Robert Roten
Robert Roten
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02/10/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)
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