Robert Zemeckiss riotous, vicious black comedy, which features innovative and Academy Award-winning early employment of CGI, unforgettable performances from Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn, and has since been adapted to a hit Broadway musical.Fourteen years ago, aspiring writer Helen Sharp (Hawn) found herself chucked aside by her plastic surgeon fianc (Bruce Willis) after his wandering eye landed on her narcissistic actress frenemy, Madeline Ashton (Streep). But today, Helen appears to have gotten the last laugh, not having aged a day when she finally reappears in their lives, thanks to a magic potion (courtesy of Isabella Rossellini) that offers immortalitysomething that comes in handy when this acrid love triangle turns into all-out war.Part of the Grand Illusions Summer Camp series at Here-After.Insistently grotesque, relentlessly misanthropic and spectacularly tasteless, Death Becomes Her isnt a film designed to win the hearts of the mass moviegoing public. But it is diabolically inventive and very, very funny. Dave Kehr, Chicago TribuneDeath Becomes Her is clever, different and dementedly entertaining, while commenting on our unhealthy obsession with youth and beauty. Jeff Menell, The Hollywood Reporter
