DEATH BECOMES HER
A film review by Chuck Dowling
Copyright 1997 Chuck Dowling
Death Becomes Her (1992) * out of ***** - C:Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep, Isabella Rossellini, Jonathan Silverman, Sydney Pollack.
What the hell? The same creative team which brought us the Back To The Future trilogy and Forrest Gump must have really been bored one day and half-assedly thought of the idea for this garbage. After the idea was pitched to the studio, a conversation like this must have taken place:
"Hey guys! The studio gave us the $50 million budget we asked for!"
"Great! Now we just need a script."
"A script? Screw the script! Let's call the special effects team! Think of what we can get for $50 million!"
"What about the public? I think the people like a little script with their special effects."
"Screw the public! We've got $50 million! Don't let morals cloud your mind, we're filmmakers!"
And thus was born Death Becomes Her, the most pathetic special effects comedy since Howard The Duck. There's not even an attempt at comedy in this film except for one scene involving Sydney Pollack who plays a doctor. The effects and the direction are excellent but are by no means enough to make a movie interesting for an hour and a half. A total waste of talent.
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