Death Becomes Her (1992) | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching | Who Else Has Taken The Potion? 

The famous old person known for saying "I want to be alone" is Greta Garbo, the iconic Swedish-American actress. This quote is often associated with her and is from the 1932 film "Grand Hotel," in which she played the character Grusinskaya. The full line is actually, "I want to be alone; I just want to be alone." Greta Garbo was known for her desire for privacy and her reclusive nature, which contributed to the enduring popularity of this quote.

That final scene about a Bruce Willis character having achieved true immortality through his legacy is incredibly moving these days, knowing about Willis' mental illness and forced retirement while his fans still celebrate all his great roles.

It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. And you'll see why The CGI still holds up to this day.

The effects are crazy good in this movie

"He sees dead people all the time" was a good one.

My take on the potion is that they weren’t supposed to die after taking it. Hence why Lisle told them to take care of your bodies. Since they died, they now became undead, immortal but now slowly decaying. If they were still alive certain minor injuries probably would’ve healed themselves like normal. But since they died, it negated all that. Shoulda added that in the fine print lol

Death becomes her means that death looks good on her.

"I need my crown because I'm a princess, silly." 🤣

That cheering when the baby walked in... lol

I love this movie. When Goldie pulls Meryl down the stairs with her I can’t help but hysterically laugh

Man this movie I always focused on Meryl’s performance and Goldie but Bruce really did a total transformation. His manic frazzled nature, the high pitched screams, his physical comedy. He really is an amazing actor and icon.

It was Jim Morrison of the Doors not Van Morrison that was at the pool waiting with the babe.

The morgue!? She’ll be furious!

I think the best effect in this movie was making Goldie Hawn look homely. That alone should be impossible.

It's kind of an old timey phrase, but "Death Becomes Her" is from phrases like "Moonlight Becomes You", as in 'it flatters you, makes you more beautiful.'

FYI, the person with the woman when Bruce Willis fell into the pool was Jim Morrison not Van Morrison.

The "I want to be alone" was a reference to Greta Garbo. Who, all though she didn't act anymore at the time, had died maybe 3 years before this movie came out, and had aged accordingly.

The box had an Egyptian ankh. The ankh, also known as the key of life or the key of the Nile, is a symbol that comes from ancient Egypt. Though its physical origins are uncertain, scholars believe it originated around the 30th to the 29th century BC. The symbol is similar to a cross, but the ankh displays a teardrop shape in place of the upper vertical bar.

The many, many, many deleted scenes gave the characters more depth but they chose to make it a more fast paced film and reshot the ending. The Musical is coming out next year... so it would be perfect time to release a 4K extended cut of Death Becomes Her. Deleted scenes in chronological order (not all of them but most): Ernest and Madeline's actual wedding scene where we hear Ernest's vows, kiss and Madeline grabs Ernest's crotch. Rose get's told to work while it's her night off. Mad threatens Ernest to "watch his step" with Helen. Dakota and Madeline meet (in bed) at the beach house and both stare in mirrors talking about their problems. Madeline notices a line on her face caused by one of Dakota's pillows and goes crazy. Ernest visits his favorite bar called 'Dominicks'... Toni (Tracey Ullman) works there and a drunk comatose guy is there as well... Ernest says he envies the man for having no life.... and no wife. Madeline & Ernest at mansion get ready to leave for the Bookparty. Ernest has cut himself shaving and the maid tries to fix the label on Mad's dress... Mad is being dramatic about going and talks about her tough youth while the maid mouths the words along cause she has heard the sob story many times before. Madeline's agent (Jonathan Silverman) gossips about Madeline with a Starlet. Mad asks him if he has any jobs for her. An old plastic surgery client of Ernest talks with him about the great work he used to do (before Vivian Adams walks up) Helen tells Ernest what happened to her after they broke up, it's also clear she is completely obsessed with exercising. Madeline and Dakota have a phone conversation (after she arrives back from Lisle's) while Ernest secretly listens in. A worker at the morgue talks to Ernest while he is working on the corpse of a dead Priest (that's why the nuns were there). He shoves the slab in but doesn't lock the door correctly... so it comes rolling out slowly again...while Ernest is talking to Madeline Ernest bumps into the Priest's slab with his ass (just before: It's a miracle!!!) Ernest picks up the formaldehyde but doesnt go home... he drives to Helen's hotel so she drives like a maniac, hits a bagage cart at the Beverly Hills Hotel and a Valet jumps out of the way. Ernest stops at the hotel just as she has run in. When Helen is inside her room she is shoving the evidence of her obsession into another room. Ernest knocks on the door and gets dragged in. Helen doesn't believe Mad is alive like Ernest claims and she comes up with the death valley burial plan. Ernest goes on about the miracle so Helen throws a glass of water in his face. He says Madeline will become suspicious if he'll stay longer, so he leaves...and tells her he loves her. Helen tears her hand open again with a hankerchief and screams. Next morning the maid comes into the house via the kitchen. She and the other maids notice all the mess in the kitchen and then finds Madeline stuck in the freezer. Ernest says its just a beauty thing Madeline has read about in a magazine and then pulls her out. Slowly Madeline thaws a little she gets up and she puts avocado on her face to make it actually look like a beauty treatment. Rose and the maids get fired while Madeline tries to walk up the stairs. When everyone is gone Ernest pulls stiff Mad up the stairs himself and promises her to make her his masterpiece. Helen exercising like crazy in the hotelroom while a bellhop brings her maps of Death Valley, she asks him when the sun sets. Helen shopping for the hardware at night and after the clerk scans everything he asks her if she wants a headstone to go with it. After their fight Helen is so upset with her hole that Mad gives her a glass of water... but it goes right through Helen. Lisle tells Ernest she is 600 years old and that when Shakespeare, Lincoln and Max Factor refused to take the potion she killed them. Lisle opens the party with a silly joke she heard earlier from Dick Clarke. Catherine Bell... who is Isabella Rosselini's nude double in this film plays a flower girl in this scene. Ernest awakes on the floor of the pool... then sees the potionbottle floating, intact. He grabs it and threatens Jim Morrison they will all be done very soon, shows them the potion and runs of with it. One shot of him holding the potion remains and you can see it @ 40:14 Lisle threatens to bury Hel and Mad if they don't retreive the potion Mad and Hel search for Ernest at the mansion. They see the liquorcart and realise he has gone to the bar. Ernest and Toni decide to go public with the potionbottle but Ernest feels the two women will always be after him... so he needs to disappear or ... die... Toni's drunk customer sees the potion too and drops dead on the bar counter. Toni and Ernest dress him up as Ernest to fool Mad and Hel. Toni distracts Madeline and Helen with the potionbottle so Mad misidentifies 'Ernest's' corpse. 27 years later... Ernest and Toni are old... in a park in Switzerland, having a picnic while the evil ladies sit on a balcony, still looking stunning, bickering about where to go next, cause they are bored out of their brains. They watch the old couple, Madeline ridicules them... but Helen now longs for a mortal life. Ernest still has the young left hand and he covers Toni's old hand. The eternal women watch them... maybe realising who they are... and we see a flash of skulls over their faces as the movie fades to black. The potion was one million dollars 38:07 Greta Garbo is on the right

Hi Kids!😊 The guy that played the doctor was Director Sydney Pollack. Probably one of his most popular films is the comedy "Tootsie" (1982) with Dustin Hoffman. You were right Mrs. Movies, that was Jim Morrison from "The Doors". Nice reactions to this enjoyable over the top dark comedy!!!🎬👏👏👏👏

The guy at the pool was Jim Morrison not Van Morrison! Also, Paul Rudd has definitely taken the potion. And Cher.

'X becomes her' is a slightly old-timey phrase implying that X is flattering to the woman. Ie, divorce becomes her, marriage, mink, diamonds, etc.

THE APPLAUSE WHEN YOUR LITTLE ONE COMES IN!! LIKE TIMEWORK!!👍👍😍😍👍👍😍😍

"October 26th 1985" I love a good Back to the Future reference😀

Your daughter is delightful, treasure every moment you have with her, they grow up way too fast!

“Jim Morrison, not Van Morrison, Jeez.” -Goldie Hawn in The Banger Sisters. Perfect match for the mixup lol

This movie started at a "Tales From the Crypt" project, but it was decided that the premise was strong enough to be released without the TFtC banner. All the hallmarks are there: horror tropes mixed with dark comedy, A-list actors playing against type, Alan Silvestri score (he scored several TFtC episodes), Robert Zemekis...

Just today, for no reason in particular, I looked around the Internet for Death Becomes Her, a movie I had never seen before, barely had heard about a couple of times, and absolutely know nothing about. So, this video popping up this very day is kind of uncanny to me... 😅

Great film , the guy in the leather trousers was Jim Morrison of the Doors. Good video thank you.

Always love your little girl's cameo appearances. She so adorable

In case no one mentioned it, the younger guy Meryl Streep's character was having a fling with was the same actor who played Larry in The Stand miniseries.

They both took the potion on October 26, 1985. The same day Marty McFly travelled back in time. A Zemeckis Easter egg.

@ 32:33. " now we have two Dead Alive people " 👂👂😳😳😂🤣😅

Princess Peach needed her crown because she is indeed a, read the first word. ❤️ I live for the interruptions.🤣 This movie was a partial fear of mine as a child of the early 90s. Lol. Forgot about it as a child and found it again in 09 as a college student. Been obsessed ever since. 😂

Van Morrison? Haha JK, but that made me laugh

This would have to be one of my all time favourite comedies. Love this movie❤

Steve Martin. He took the potion back in the 80's after his hair turned white.

The October 26, 1985 quote is an exact reference from "Back to the Future." It is the day Marty McFly went back to 1955.

Sydney Pollack's cameo as the doctor is still one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen. 🤣

The Greta Garbo film is "Grand Hotel" which was an all-star film that won the Best Picture Academy Award for 1932. MGM put its biggest stars into this film, besides Garbo it had John and Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery and a young Joan Crawford.

One of my mom's favorite movies. She's such a huge fan of both the leads! Me too!

someone on youtube had two fascinating theories on Lisa and her magic potion. one theory i remember clearly is that she is Descendant from ancient Egyptian gods and the youngest of children since she's only in her 70's. the way Lisa had a whole Egyptian motif with how she kept the potion ect were clues to this theory, and that the magic was related to something isis used to resurrect Osirius with. who in many eygptian stories is murdered, cut up in many pieces or decapitated or crushed and some how isis would use something( i forget what the item was called) but according to the person's theory that item is the potion Lisa gives her clients. and since gods need people to worship them to keep them existing, all these people she's infected with her magic elixir are in a way more then clients they're people who worship her. in a deleted script where lisa helen and Madelyn see Ernest drive off in the stollen vehicle and she tells them to go get him there's an extended scene where Madeline says what will you do if we can't kill us? Lisa tells them she'll bury them. (that was an extended scene that was in the script but either deleted or cut out) however, that deleted bit of lisa's threat if Helen and Madelyn fail she'll bury him is also something in an eypgtian legend about osiris where his limbs were still living but when his enemies buried them they became line stone, so that scene hinted Lisa knew a way to possibly end their immortality or a temporary method because when isis found Osiris buried limbs they showed signs of life, and became whole when she put them together.

If that bit about Van Morrisson was a joke then 😅. If it wasn't a joke then 🤣. Thanks for another reaction. 👊

Paul Rudd definitely took the potion

The woman at the bar (i.e. Spray Paint conversion), Vivian Adams, was played by Mary Ellen Trainor. She was once married to Robert Zemekis, and you would remember her as the Police Psychologist/Stephanie Woods in all 4 Lethal Weapon movies, Ghostbusters II, Reporter Gail Wallens in Ricochet and Die Hard, the mom in Goonies, Mrs. Walsh and Elaine, Joan Wilder's sister, in Romancing The Stone. To answer your question ... yes, Nitro (Danny Lee Clark) was the American Gladiator seen in this movie. He also was in Equilibrium with Christian Bale (2002). Also, that was supposed to be JIM Morrison, not Van Morrison.

A little fun stuff...i couldnt find any info abut it, but when Isabella Rosselini asks "Guess how old i am?" and Meryl Streep answers "37!" The look on Isabellas face is priceless, pure schock and not acted, you can tell. So i asume, Meryl Streep was supposed to say a younger age and that just slipped out, because Isabella Rosselini was 36 at the time of filming

Just watched this for the first time! Such a classic 😂😂 the dark humor is unmatched

I just love Bruce Willis in this

Meryl Streep in the morgue: totally freaked out. Jenna Ortega in the morgue: "Five more minutes. I was just getting comfortable."

I loved this movie when i was little. My grandma had it on VHS.

So glad someone finally did this epic movie Willis was excellent

Glad she got to watch something funny for Halloween, this should be a palate cleanser after the Terifier movies.

After decades of having this movie on my list I finally watched it yesterday. So funny to see you guys reacting to it today.

Richard Thomas, best known as John Boy in The Waltons. Look him up, he's 72, look what he looks like right now. It's wild how he does not look at all 72. If I had to name someone who took a youth potion, it would be him. Also no, I would not take the potion, since this movie is pretty much a warning not to.

25:57 the way she gives him that glare when she says that she fell down the stairs

I think the title is related to that saying "X is very becoming on you." As in something suits a person very well. So, essentially, death looks good on her/them.

YES! I was hoping that you guys would watch this and now you are!! Woohoo!!!

I forgot how funny that film was... Classic! :)

Cher took the potion

The actress who had the potion is the daughter of a famous actress. She was in Casablanca as the love interest for Humphry Bogart. She also played Joan of Arc in the 1948 film of the same name.

oh daaaayum. i was just checking for movie reactions. THIS beats everything i found. this movie is from that special time, when CGI and greenscreen looked amazing, but didn't age well... but i somehow love the color grading in this movie and it might be partly due to the aged CGI... but this movie is... AWESOME.

I would not take the potion. It's hard enough to live in my head as it is, the thought of having to do that forever is terrifying lol Also, Paul Rudd is my celeb. He's definitely knocked back a gallon of that magic juice.

I love that you guys remember American Gladiators. I use to stay up late to watch it and there was a Friday the 13th series that came on after. I always watched it thinking Jason would show up but no. Btw y’all both look great. Don’t worry about looks.

Id put an extra like if i could just for the Flair reference top work Mrs Movies Woooo!!!

The white haired man at 38:06 is Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula 1 racing mogul. He is one those people who never has to ask for the price.

I was under the impression the potion was from ancient egyptian times. Egyptians back then were fascinated with life after death and preservation (think of their elaborate embalming process), so maybe they came up with the ultimate body preservation elixir using some magical means? And maybe the myth of reanimated mummies is in fact entirely real and they are simply juiced up and stuck alive in rotting bodies??

“Could you just not breath.” 😂

Proof that Bruce Willis actually acted at one time.

This movie was revolutionary but Meryl hated filming it. She said I'll never do some shit like that again lol

I'd take the potion if there was a small fortune involved. In Hollywood? Paul Rudd....Mario Lopez...Jen Aniston..Jen Lopez.. Cher..Tom Cruize....Angela Bassett. This movie is SO MUCH FUN! It's a cult classic and just a blast to watch!

SO FUCKING HYPED for this one! Love this movie...and everything I've seen Goldie Hawn in. Btw...can't believe y'all did 'Kingdom of the Spider'! Just watched your vid for it.

I love this movie! "could you not breathe"!! I remember I used to watch the beginning musical number a embarrassing number of times after my parents recorded it from video store VHS (the stack method recording setup lol)😂

This is such a good movie! Bruce is so good in this! Greta Garbo Jim Morrison

"Death becomes her" means that death suits her.

28:14 The nun gag really cracked me up - funniest part of the movie for me. I do like Zemeckis' inventiveness with his movies, but some of them I only need to see once. This is one of those movies. But this was on cable ALL. THE. TIME.

(7:42) She is so adorable. It's been a long times since any of mine were that little.

I just recently rewatched this movie a couple of days ago. I haven't seen it since I was a kid... so glad you guys got to it. And yeah, that's Nitro from American Gladiators.

40:08 That is supposed to be Jim Morrison of The Doors. Please watch The Doors (1991) starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison.

This is a hilarious film and it’s cool to see you guys watch this. Hope you guys are having a good day, take care!

This is an iconic movie just because of Meryl Streep poking fun at herself as much as the Hollywood culture of eternal youth. People used to claim that she was obsessed with her appearance and demanded to be lit a certain way or filmed from a certain angle, so this movie gave her a chance to totally betray that imposed reputation, and with real poetic artistry too.

Completely unrelated to the reaction itself, but: You two are couple goals. A gentleman who sees the beauty in his wife even when -- possibly especially when -- she doesn't see it in herself. A lady who acknowledges where she might have come across as more negative than she meant and addresses those moments with her husband. And a couple who are raising their children with support and encouragement while still giving them structure and self-reliance to teach discipline in a loving way. You two are the best. Never stop being amazing to each other.

I believe Richard Simmons is loving a quiet retired life in Hollywood Hills 😊

15:35 hey that's Larry Underwood from the 1994 TV movie Stephen King's The Stand! "Baby can you dig yo man"

"And I love you every day" "I appreciate it so much." Omg I cackled bahahaha!

I miss goofy movies like this in the 90’s lol

You're thinking of Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors. Van Morrison is a Irish Singer/Musician.

This is my favorite movie of all time! I appreciate you two including this film 💯💯🖤💅

The dynamic between Ernest and Rose was so sweet

The "witch" lady was based on Marina Abramovic. Performance artist an culty "spirit-cooker"

4:23 WHOOOO!

32:35 - 32:40 Helen looks like she got defeated by Dragonzord in Battle mode's finishing move.

This was my favorite movie growing up!!! Thank you🎉

I had always wondered what would happen if someone had drank the enchanted formula twice.

OMG if your wife says "that's what my ass looks like" in THAT scene and you just sit there without saying "no it doesn't", you've got a totally different relationship than mine.

This movie came out when i was 13 years old and I definitely remember feeling some kind of something at the time about 47 year old Goldie Hawn, 44 year old Meryl Streep and 41 year old Isabella Rosselini in this...they all looked so good and this movie is honestly probably the inception of my long standing attraction to older women 😏

such a fun movie, the special effects at the time were incredible..even if some, dont make sense lol.

Great minds think alike. I also said that guy standing by the pool after Bruce falls through the glass ceiling was Van Morrison. It's of course Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors. I don't know why my mind went to Van Morrison first. Especially since I have zero familiarity with him or what he looks like.

Fun Fact: Originally, Tracy Ullman was in this movie... she can still be seen in the original trailer... but her character, a bartender who worked for Ernest and Madeline, was cut from the movie when the ending was changed. Originally, Mad and Hel convinced Ernest to stay with them and maintain their beauty, but he didn't take the potion, and has subsequently fallen in love with Ullman's character, who also aged normally. The group has relocated to Switzerland, away from the public eye. While the aging pair enjoy their time together, the ageless and still beautiful Mad and Hel are bored out of their minds. The final shot is of the two women, as the movie fades to black, a single-frame shot of two human skulls are superimposed over their faces. Zemeckis was inspired to do this by the final shot of Norman Bates in *Psycho* , which does the same trick. Test audiences didn't care for that ending, thinking it didn't fit the mood of the film, and it was changed. While the internet has info on that scene, the alternate ending itself seems to have vanished.

08:33 Such a passive aggressive exit!

Van Morrison is still alive, you were thinking Jim Morrison of the Doors.