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Death Becomes Her
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2672
- IMDb #2837
- Google retired #1173
- Rotten Tomatoes #3107
- Metacritic #2210
- Letterboxd #1181
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3430
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3197
- Metacritic Critics #2848
- Metacritic Audience #1089
- Criticker #2427
- Douban #1087
- Kinopoisk #1099
- AlloCiné #2626
- Trakt #1775
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Lowest is Criticker on 41, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 57, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two rival women, obsessed with youth and vanity, discover a miraculous potion that promises eternal life. After drinking it, they achieve a flawless, undying appearance. They soon learn the terrible consequence: their bodies can suffer catastrophic damage but will never die, requiring constant maintenance to remain intact. Their decades-long feud reignites as they are forced to navigate their new, grotesque immortality and rely on the one man they both wronged.
Details
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Writers
- David Koepp, Martin Donovan
- Released
- 30 July 1992
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $55.0M
- Box office
- $149.0M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →2 major awards won · 4 wins from 12 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Visual Effects | Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr. | Winner |
| BAFTA Award 1992 | Best Visual Effects | Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe | Winner |
| Golden Globe Award 1992 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1992 | Best Fantasy Film | Nominee | |
| Saturn Awards 1992 | Best Actor | Bruce Willis | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1992 | Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1992 | Best Supporting Actress | Isabella Rossellini | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1992 | Best Director | Robert Zemeckis | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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12 awards — Death Becomes Her
×| Best Visual Effects | Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr. | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang, and Douglas Smythe | Winner |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr. | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Isabella Rossellini | Winner |
| Best Actor | Bruce Willis | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Best Director | Robert Zemeckis | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Film | Nominee | |
| Best Make-up | Dick Smith . & Kevin Haney | Nominee |
| Best Music | Alan Silvestri | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Martin Donovan & David Koepp | Nominee |