Death Becomes Her main backdrop
Death Becomes Her main poster

Death Becomes Her

Visit website

6.8/10 • 2.6K

1992-07-301h 44m

ComedyFantasyHorror

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.

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

Directors
Robert Zemeckis
Writters
David Koepp, Martin Donovan
Editors
Arthur Schmidt

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Goldie Hawn

    Goldie Hawn

    Helen Sharp

  2. Bruce Willis

    Bruce Willis

    Dr. Ernest Menville

  3. Meryl Streep

    Meryl Streep

    Madeline Ashton Menville

  4. Isabella Rossellini

    Isabella Rossellini

    Lisle von Rhuman

  5. Ian Ogilvy

    Ian Ogilvy

    Chagall

  6. Adam Storke

    Adam Storke

    Dakota

  7. Nancy Fish

    Nancy Fish

    Rose

  8. Alaina Reed Hall

    Alaina Reed Hall

    Psychologist

  9. Michelle Johnson

    Michelle Johnson

    Anna

Reviews1

View Reviews
CinemaSerf Avatar

CinemaSerf

Jun 29, 2022

7/10

"Helen" (Goldie Hawn) has always lived in the shadow of her friend, the successful actress "Madeline" (Meryl Streep), but when she loses her fiancée - renowned, if rather dowdy, plastic surgeon "Dr. Menville" (Bruce Willis) to her, she loses the plot. Eventually twice the size and evicted from her apartment with her hands still glued to the ice cream pot, she is sent to a mental institution were she finally concocts a plan for revenge. Meantime, the marriage has rather gone to seed. "Madeline" seeks comfort in the arms of younger men, but when her latest beau rejects her, she finds herself - via the kindly intervention of an almost unrecognisable Ian Ogilvy ("Chagall") - in the lair of the seductive "Lisle von Rhuman" (Isabella Rossellini) who offers her eternal youth. Of course there is a price - but will she pay it? What ensues for the last forty five minutes is really quite entertaining. Streep and Hawn look like they are enjoying themselves as their antics become comically macabre. Willis, the now bottle-hitting doctor - who has been largely reduced to manicuring corpses - is also clearly having some fun and Rossellini hams up wonderfully. The ending isn't my favourite, but I suppose it was "fair" and desserts were just. This is an amiable, feel-good, comedy with everyone on good form, some lovely snide dialogue and I liked it.

Media

  • Death Becomes Her backdrop
  • Death Becomes Her backdrop
  • Death Becomes Her backdrop
  • Death Becomes Her backdrop
  • Death Becomes Her backdrop
  • Death Becomes Her backdrop
  • Death Becomes Her backdrop
  • Death Becomes Her backdrop
  • Death Becomes Her backdrop

Recommendations

  • She-Devil main backdrop

    She-Devil

    5.9

  • The First Wives Club main backdrop

    The First Wives Club

    6.7

  • Out of Africa main backdrop

    Out of Africa

    7.2

  • The House of the Spirits main backdrop

    The House of the Spirits

    6.9

  • The Crucible main backdrop

    The Crucible

    6.6

  • What Lies Beneath main backdrop

    What Lies Beneath

    6.4

  • Striking Distance main backdrop

    Striking Distance

    5.8

  • Hudson Hawk main backdrop

    Hudson Hawk

    5.7

  • Prime main backdrop

    Prime

    6.0

  • The River Wild main backdrop

    The River Wild

    6.4

  • The Whole Nine Yards main backdrop

    The Whole Nine Yards

    6.5

  • The Witches of Eastwick main backdrop

    The Witches of Eastwick

    6.5

  • Overboard main backdrop

    Overboard

    6.8

  • The Last Boy Scout main backdrop

    The Last Boy Scout

    6.8

  • Louise-Michel main backdrop

    Louise-Michel

    6.2

  • Postcards from the Edge main backdrop

    Postcards from the Edge

    6.6

  • Detention main backdrop

    Detention

    5.6

  • Housesitter main backdrop

    Housesitter

    6.1

  • Little Women main backdrop

    Little Women

    7.4

  • Coma main backdrop

    Coma

    6.7

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$55,000,000.00
Revenue
$149,000,000.00
Keywords
jealousyimmortalitybeautyrivalrypotiondrinkingbitingplayfulmean spiritedsardonic