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Death Becomes Her [VHS] [1992]

VHS ~ Meryl Streep
4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy
  • Directors: Robert Zemeckis
  • Writers: David Koepp, Martin Donovan
  • Producers: Robert Zemeckis, Joan Bradshaw, Steve Starkey
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
  • Language German
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 4 Front Video
  • VHS Release Date: 1 Jul 1999
  • Run Time: 99 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004R6KT
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,044 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
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, Amazon.com

Synopsis
Madeline is gaining more wrinkles than screen roles. Her friend, Helen, loses her fiance to Madeline and subsequently doubles her weight. Finally, there's Madeline's husband, Ernest, a plastic surgeon who spends his nights drunk and cursing the day he met his wife. Enter a beautiful enchantress who changes their lives, and deaths, forever.

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "I can see right through you!" , 26 Mar 2007
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Becomes Her [DVD] [1992] (DVD)
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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10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Siempre Viva!, 3 Jul 2004
By Gary F. Taylor "GFT" (Biloxi, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Becomes Her [DVD] [1992] (DVD)
The passage of time weighs upon us all: the loss of youth's energy, agility, beauty. But let us say there is a potion, an elixir, "a touch of magic in a world obsessed with science." Drink it and you will be forever young. Do not drink it and watch yourself rot away with old age. Just such a potion falls into the hands of two women who are not only fierce rivals, determined to best each other no matter the cost, but consumed with vanity as well. Siempre Viva: Live Forever! Whether you like it or not!

With excellent performances, an invective-laced script, and remarkable special effects, DEATH BECOMES HER takes on several great philosophical and literary concepts--and subverts them into one of the most wickedly funny black comedies in recent memory, dishy, bitchy, mean spirited, and a tremendous amount of fun. Film buffs will particularly relish this film, which references everything from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW to THE WIZARD OF OZ and a host of classic horror films such as FRANKENSTEIN, THE MUMMY, and CAT PEOPLE--and also tacks in everything from Tennessee Williams plays to rock legend Jim Morrison for good measure.

Unfortunately, the DVD release is commonplace, offering the film in pan-and-scan only. To give the release its due, the shift from widescreen to pan-and-scan is expertly done and not in the least distracting--but still, a widescreen option for such a special effects heavy film would be preferred. And while this would seem to be an ideal film for a making-of documentary, the DVD offers only a handful of production notes as bonus. Even so, the film is so extremely well done that I wouldn't miss it on that account! Recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "DEAD" FUNNY, 24 Dec 2000
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The Funniest film of the year a great mix of humor and good acting.Bruce willis plays a man broken between two women but neither of them seem to want to give up even to the extents of getting a beuty potion but a terrible side effects leaves them invinsible and draw him to death himself

pure brilliance,a must have film.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad DVD! Don't buy! Not anamorphic widescreen!
Can't believe this is a newly released DVD! More like a repacking one! It listed as 1.85 anamorphic widescreen on the cover, but it is in fact a normal letterbox widescreen... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Allan Foo Chuan How

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect trio in bizarre and wonderful dark comedy
Falling actress Madeline Ashton (Streep) learns of a secret potion that will regenerate her beauty whilst her long term enemy Helen (Hawn) looks set to steal her husband... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Stampy

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh until you......die?
Buy it...........watch it...........laugh 'till it hurts.....and then watch it again.

For some reason this fantastic film seemed to pass by unnoticed and I cannot... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ms. Grace S. Brown

4.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre quality
The DVD box says something about anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1 but in fact it is widescreen letterboxed in 4:3 and picture quality is kinda mediocre - colors are OK but not great,... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Pavel

4.0 out of 5 stars A new DVD or BLU RAY of this film is needed....
A fantastic special effects bonanza with 3 of Hollywood's best on brilliant comedic form... why oh why this STILL hasnt been given a new DVD upgrade is anyone's guess..? Read more
Published 7 months ago by C. J. Davis

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent film but a disappointing DVD
This is one of my favourite films. The cast are obviously enjoying being in it as well which makes it nice to watch. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. R. V. Ennis

4.0 out of 5 stars "I can see right through you!"
Rivalry between two women (Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn) over a doctor/undertaker (Bruce Willis) leads to extreme measures. Read more
Published 22 months ago by bernie

4.0 out of 5 stars Morbid Comedy
Death becomes her has a really good idea: what would it be like to live forever, stay young and beautiful? Read more
Published on 15 May 2007 by Jay

4.0 out of 5 stars death becomes her
is a very funny film, this film proves thiers life after death i recommend you see it! brilliant.
Published on 19 Mar 2005 by wwwrogermclenaghan

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
This film is funny exciting, nerve racking cause what happens is not at all what you expect the actors are brilliant and play there parts so good it would`nt be the same with... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2005

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