| Death Becomes Her | | Cast : | Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn | | Director : | Robert Zemeckis | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby | | Released Date : | July 31, 1992 | | DVD Released Date : | September 02, 2003 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 20, 2005 | | Summary | Great Comedy | Content
 | As a hilariously funny, dark comedy dealing with our obsession for youth and vitality, 'Death Becomes Her' explores the extremes of vanity. If you have a twisted sense of humor, you will truly appreciate this juicy piece of work. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 13, 2005 | | Summary | Vanity Run Amuck | Content
| Two women, Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn have known each other for ages. Throughout their relationship, Meryl, the actress, has always had the upper hand and delighted in taking things from Goldie. This includes her fiancé, the plastic surgeon. As time goes by, Both women age and become despondent over the ravages of aging on their bodies. Each is willing to give up anything to regain and then maintain youth.
They get their wish.
They stumble onto a lady with a magic formula. Just drink the potion and their bodies will not age another day. They readily agree before they learn the catch. Their bodies will not age because they will be dead. They will still be able to function and used their bodies, they just won't be alive.
This youth comes with a problem. They are going to be with their bodies a long time so it is important to maintain them. Bruce Willis, the former plastic surgeon and now undertaker is needed for maintenance.
This is a well done, if bizarre, comedy. The women are catty to the degree of hilarity. Nothing will stop their quest for beauty.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 18, 2005 | | Summary | Don't Wait For The Widescreen Edition, Buy This One! | Content
| This is one of the finest black comedies ever made, on a par with Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry", or Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove". The special effects achieve hilarious comedic moments throughout the film.
Much thanks to the review by R. Whitney regarding the fact that the movie was fimed using a "soft" matte, meaning that the aspect ratio for the DVD of 1.33 to 1 actually shows MORE of the movie than a widescreen version would. Many of Stanley Kubrick's films have been released the same way. Judging by many of the other reviews for this movie, I believe many people don't understand that they are actually getting more for their money by buying this version of the film. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 20, 2005 | | Summary | Great Film | Content
| This movie is a classic. It's funny as can be from beginning to end, and I hope they come out with a sequal someday.
You cannot go wrong in buying, watching this movie. If you are a true comedy fan, then this is definately a movie for your dvd collection.
ENJOY! :) |
| Rating | | | Date | January 31, 2005 | | Summary | Good Movie, But One DVD Issue | Content
| Although the theatrical aspect ratio of this movie was 1.85:1, while the DVD aspect ratio is 4:3, this is not a "Pan&Scan" DVD. In other words, almost none of the original theatrical image has been removed for exhibition on a 4:3 television screen. The film negative aspect ratio was 1.37:1 (almost 4:3), and for theatrical exhibition, the image was "matted" (partially covered from the top down and bottom up) to produce a 1.85:1 image. For exhibition on a 4:3 television screen, the "mattes" have simply been removed. So the DVD exhibition actually shows 27.9 percent more image than the theatrical exhibition. The movie was likely filmed this way so that the theatrical image wouldn't be butchered on television by the "Pan&Scan" process, and because the filmmakers didn't foresee the current state of the home video market, where consumers prefer movies presented in their theatrical aspect ratio, rather than in a ratio in which the image will fill up their 4:3 television screen (if there is a difference). This DVD presents the movie in the aspect ratio in which the filmmakers wanted people to see it on a 4:3 television, but it does not present the movie in the aspect ratio in which the filmmakers wanted people to see it in a movie theater (for that, the DVD would have to present the movie in a "matted widescreen" format). If you're okay with that, enjoy! |
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