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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

US Box Office: $0

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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01/26/06
Time Out

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Carol Cling
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Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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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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Jake Euker
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Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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07/26/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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

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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Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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Peter Travers
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Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

manic and crazed, but well-done

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04/29/05
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Rita Kempley
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