Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

1992. Screenplay by Martin Donovan, David Koepp. With Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn. Zemeckis’s growing interest in digital technology coincided with a darkening of his comic vision in this grotesque satire. In a take on the Hollywood cult of eternal youth (obliquely based on the Bette Davis vehicle Old Acquaintance?), two old frenemies, an actress (Meryl Streep) and a writer (Goldie Hawn), compete for the affections and services of a failing plastic surgeon (Bruce Willis). But then a new beauty expert appears—a mysterious European woman (Isabella Rossellini) who is 71 but seems 50 years younger, thanks to a secret potion she happens to have for sale. 104 min.