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Title: Death Becomes Her (1992)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Meryl Streep | ... | Madeline Ashton Menville | |
| Bruce Willis | ... | Dr. Ernest Menville | |
| Goldie Hawn | ... | Helen Sharp | |
| Isabella Rossellini | ... | Lisle Von Rhuman | |
| Ian Ogilvy | ... | Chagall | |
| Adam Storke | ... | Dakota | |
| Nancy Fish | ... | Rose | |
| Alaina Reed-Hall | ... | Psychologist (as Alaina Reed Hall) | |
| Michelle Johnson | ... | Anna | |
| Mary Ellen Trainor | ... | Vivian Adams | |
| William Frankfather | ... | Mr. Franklin | |
| John Ingle | ... | Eulogist | |
| Clement von Franckenstein | ... | Opening Man | |
| Petrea Burchard | ... | Opening Woman | |
| Jim Jansen | ... | Second Man | |
In 1978, in Broadway, the decadent and narcissist actress Madeline Ashton is performing Songbird, based on Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth. Then she receives her rival Helen Sharp, who is an aspiring writer, and her fiancé Ernest Menville, who is a plastic surgeon, in her dressing-room. Soon Menville calls off his commitment with Helen and marries Madeline. Seven years later, Helen is obese in a psychiatric hospital and obsessed in seeking revenge on Madeline. In 1992, the marriage of Madeline and Menville is finished and he is no longer a surgeon but an alcoholic caretaker. Out of the blue, they are invited to a party where Helen will release her novel Forever Young and Madeline goes to a beauty shop. The owner gives a business card of the specialist in rejuvenation Lisle Von Rhuman to her. When the envious Madeline sees Helen thin in a perfect shape, she decides to seek out Lisle and buys a potion to become young again. Further, she advises that Madeline must take care of ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I remember watching this movie back in the mid 1990's, give or take, and do recall it as being an entertaining movie. So I took the time to sit down and watch it again in 2017.
And let me just start out by saying that having aged 25 years has done nothing to the movie, because it is every bit as entertaining and enjoyable now as it was back then. So one might speculate whether or not the potion that thwarts aging and restores youth have been given to the movie as well...
The story is about the rivalry between two friends; Helen Sharp (played by Goldie Hawn) and Madeline Ashton (played by Meryl Streep). Helen is engaged to be married to Ernest Menville (played by Bruce Willis) when Madeline swoops in an steal him away. Ernest and Madeline become married, but the years of marriage wedges an emotional separation between them, and during these years Helen is down on her luck and harbors a strong resentment towards Madeline all these years. 12 years later, Helen walks back into the lives of Ernest and Madeline, and things are taking a very unexpected turn...
It is a combination of storyline, acting performances and special effects that keep this movie fresh and up to date. Yes, even while the movie is from 1992, the special effects are quite good and still do manage to stand up to the effects of today.
The music score for the movie was quite good, as it should be of course at the hands of Alan Silvestri.
Director Robert Zemeckis managed to turn writers Martin Donovan and David Koepp's story into a very enjoyable movie on the screen.
If you haven't already seen "Death Becomes Her", then I can strongly recommend that you find the time to do so, should you happen to get the chance, because this is a rather nice movie.