Death Becomes Her

Name: Death Becomes Her
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
Released: July 31, 1992
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Adam Storke, Alaina Reed Hall, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Ian Ogilvy

1992

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Death Becomes Her: Something Wrong With Meryl Streep's Neck

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 31, 1992

Starring: Adam Storke, Alaina Reed Hall, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Ian Ogilvy, Isabella Rossellini, Mary Ellen Trainor, Meryl Streep, Michelle Johnson, Nancy Fish

Summary: When a woman learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 104 min

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Slant Magazine - Eric Henderson

Death Becomes Her is one of the few mainstream comedies that you don’t feel even had to try to be outlandish. It was simply born that way. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Edward Guthmann

Death Becomes Her may be crude and tasteless, but it's also irresistibly funny and very well played by Streep, Hawn and Willis -- each of whom suffered career disappointments of late, and each of whom shines in a role that casts them against type. [31 July 1992, p.D1]

Time Out - Staff (Not Credited)

Sporadically very funny indeed, the script features some nicely wicked one-liners, which are well complemented by Zemeckis' sight gags and by performances of great gusto. Far from sophisticated in its satire of narcissism, but enormous fun. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

The trouble with Death Becomes Her isn’t that its comic vision is too dark but that it has no shadings, no acerbic glee. Zemeckis gives nastiness such a hard sell he forgets to take any delight in it. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Staff (Not Credited)

The end result is a film that tries to do too many things at once and does none of them quite right. Read full review

Chicago Sun-Times - Lloyd Sachs

As Hollywood experiments go, the new black comedy by Robert Zemeckis has more than its share of witty lines, sight gags and special effects. But even while you're appreciating its better moments, the cast is numbing them with their Arctic charm. [31 July 1992, p.43]

Tampa Bay Times - Steve Persall

Death Becomes Her is a comedy so dark and disjointed that not even some terrific makeup effects can cover its blemishes. [31 July 1992, p.5]

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JLuis_001

Jun 30, 2018

Is not one of the best roles of Meryl Streep but maybe it's one where I've seen her more loose than ever, alongside Mamma Mia! And Ricki and the Flash.
Goldie Hawn is a funny companion, yet Bruce Willis is the weak link in this dark comedy.
It's not like it leaves you with a big impressionIs not one of the best roles of Meryl Streep but maybe it's one where I've seen her more loose than ever, alongside Mamma Mia! And Ricki and the Flash.
Goldie Hawn is a funny companion, yet Bruce Willis is the weak link in this dark comedy.

It's not like it leaves you with a big impression but I wouldn't call it disposable.… Expand

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