"Awful people being awful to each other" is such an underrated comedy genre. It's like the polar opposite of cringe/embarrassment comedy, which is my bane.
I never realized until other reactors pointed it out, but Ernest's escape is thanks to his restored hand, that's why he suddenly has good aim with that knife.
A bunch of fun Easter eggs in the final sequence: -Ernest passes Greta Garbo, Andy Warhol, and Marilyn Monroe. Garbo had been foreshadowed with the line "As one of my clients said, I vant to be alone." -Elvis is called out for letting people see him, referring to a popular conspiracy theory at the time that he'd faked his death, with many people claiming to have seen him. -Jim Morrison asks Ernest if he's done in the pool. -Ernest makes his escape in a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, famous as the car James Dean was driving in his fatal crash. And then we see Dean actually is its owner.
"Now a warning?!!!" is one of my favorite lines of all time! Tracey Ullman was in this originally, but they went with a different ending and cut every scene with her. She can still be seen in the trailer. I would love to see the original ending, but it's either lost or has just never been released. This is a great ending though. I do wish Meryl Streep had done more comedy....she is so funny in this, along with Hawn and Willis. The grunt she makes when Helen pulls her down the stairs with her at the end is a riot!
The 1989 comedy “She Devil” wasn’t a big hit, but it was absolutely hysterical, Meryl Streep totally steals the film playing a nasty, shallow, slutty romance novelist.
It took home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, which look pretty impressive to this day. They placed Meryl Streep in front of a blue screen and digitally composited her head on a stunt person, with her head backwards. Streep said it was very difficult, but it was fun working with Robert Zemeckis and the VFX team at Industrial Light And Magic or ILM, for short.
Streep did the backwards walking herself, there was no stunt person. Her mother visited the set the day that scene was being filmed and wasn't too impressed that her daughter was wearing a bag over her head the entire scene.
I think this might be Bruce Willis' best performance. I think Zemeckis was able to pull a lot out of him. I know that Bruce made his fame as a comedic actor first (Moonlighting), but there was something so refreshing about his return to comedy in this film.
I think he has quite a few great performances in his resume. My favorite may well be Twelve Monkeys, but this one is definitely among his very best work.
It took me so long to even realize that was him…I was used to “Die Hard”, “Fifth Element” Bruce Willis. This one slipped right by me until, one day, I actually paid attention to the casting.🤯
This movie started out as a Tales From the Crypt project. The hallmarks are there: Robert Zemekis, horror tropes mixed with dark humor and A-list actors playing against type.
Helena Sharpe's psychologist was played actress Alaina Reed Hall who best known for playing the character Rose Lee Holloway from 227 (1985-1990) But Sadly Alaina Reed Hall Passed Away on December 17th 2009 From Breast Cancer She was 63 years old.
That ending has become much more poignant and meaningful now that we know about Bruce Willis' progressive dementia that forced him into a bunch of "geezer teaser" roles before retiring completely. However his career ended, he spent so long doing so many great roles, and that made him immortal.
Iconic and beloved stars will always live on through their media and in the hearts and minds of fans, no matter how their legacy ends (unless they turn out to be a monster 😅 but Bruce seems like a nice dude)
CGI had been around a while by the time this film was made, but it was the first time it was integrated so strongly with live actors. The technology limits of the time forced them to be EXTREMELY precise about the camera movements and blocking, which Meryl Streep found so stressful that she's never done any more effects-heavy movies. In fact, Goldie Hawn didn't quite hit her mark properly for the shot where she sits on the couch and the shovel goes through the hole, so they had to digitally shift her.
It was so much fun to see this movie in the theater... To see Bruce Willis play a weak pathetic man after watching him as a badass John McClane! Great reaction, thanks!
Meryl needs to do more comedic roles. She’s got the chops but doesn’t always have the opportunity to use them. I’d love to see her do another campy comedy like this one.
"What is this twitching? Is your eye good?" A problem with a false (or perhaps just dislocated 😅) eye being the earliest hint at the possible side effects of the potion is very subtle.
It is very pleasing that both Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis held there own with Goldie Hawn in this movie.In fact it a shame Streep has not done more comedies in her career.
ILM did this between The Abyss, Terminator 2 & Jurassic Park. It was a renaissance period for computer effects. And all four of them still hold up today.
"Ernest, look at me....I'm WET!" That cracks me up so much. This is such a brilliant film, incredible comedic performances by Streep, Hawn and Rossellini, amazing visual effects and a flawless script. A film that seems to be more relevant each passing day. A true masterpiece.
Just imagine if Helen had just gone on living her best life after taking the potion rather than try to go back and kill Madeline and steal Ernest back. As it was she had a snatched body, unlimited suitors pining after her and a potential bestseller on her sheet and just needed to disappear off the face of the earth after a certain period. Her seeing Madeline again years later (now threatened and intimidated by her on first sight) should have been enough in terms of payback, as should have been letting Ernest, someone who hurt her, wallow in his drinking and stay miserable either with or without the woman who stole him from her. That part doesn't get talked about nearly as much as being a cautionary tale (neither does Madeline setting out to ruin Helen's life prior to the story all over being allegedly called "cheap" which talk about disproportionate retribution). Pray for your own success before you pray for the downfall of others smdh
For sure. Helen still being unable to let Madeline and Ernest go even after years of therapy was always going to end badly for her. If she had just enjoyed her success and lived her best life, I think she could have been happy forever.
@@pvuccino Her talk to Ernest at the bookparty was much longer and she explains to him how she was locked up, then started exercising and how it all was for... (she looks into the window at Madeline)... him... There was also another deleted scene where Helen is exercising to such an extreme in her hotelroom (as the bellhop brings maps of Death Valley) which gives a hint that she is basically almost unhumanly superfit. (A whole day that happens between Madeline being returned home after the morgue and then being spraypainted was cut out. 4 big scenes )
I always thought it was interesting that Madeline married Ernest to make Helen unhappy but she ended up making Ernest unhappy and made herself unhappy.
15:25 the potion was one million dollars, someone owns the screen used prop cheque One of my favorite movies everrrrr... A whole subplot with Ernest and a barmaid called Toni (Tracey Ullman) was removed... they kind of wanted to redeem his character in the end but Robert Zemeckis decided (after some testscreenings) the plotline and ending was not right for this movie so 3 weeks before release they reshot an entire new ending. There are some shots of Tracey in the Theatrical trailer. They also removed like 30 other scenes... some really big ones (which also causes some plotholes). One of which is Madeline being stuck in a freezer at home and the maid (Nancy Fish who was also almost entirely cut out too) totally confused about the state that Madeline is in. Ernest tells her it's a new beauty treatment Madeline is trying and then he carries Mad up the stairs (you can actually see part of this scene in the theatrical trailer). In the extended arrival of Madeline at the Chagall salon outside there was a DeLorean (car from Back to The Future) parked in the street. Can also be seen in the trailer. 9:00 that is actress Mary Ellen Trainor who was married to Robert Zemeckis at the time Great reaction, absolutely loved it.
Bruce Willis! "She'll be FURIOUS-!" And Sydney Pollack... never has such a great performance been packed into such a brief scene, only to end up on the gurney in the hallway. So perfect.
Just a thought: imagine scientists crack aging and start to be able to control and reverse it. All the Hollywood movie stars of the 70s, 80s, 90s - competing with today's stars for lead roles. Mel Gibson vs Brad Pitt; Michelle Pfeiffer vs Margot Robbie.
See, what's absolutely wild is that I knew it was Bruce Willis in the beginning because it said it was in the opening credits-- and then by the end I was like "oh wow that was Bruce Willis--" I didn't even recognize him!
This is such an underated movie. It really is excellent. This movie was one of my favorite movies back then...and it still stands up to todays standards. I really love the special effects for not having any CGI, you really can't tell how they do it sometimes. The cast is so perfect too. Actually my favorite roles for all three of them to this day.
Like Shaine White said, this movie won the VFX Oscar, as did two other Zemeckis films: Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Forrest Gump. They're all amazing films, and not just technically. This movie is SO funny. I laughed really hard when Hel and Maddie are asking Ernest to patch them up before he goes..."Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeze?"
I suggest 1966's "The Trouble With Angels". It's the story of a clever troublemaker and her ditzy friend (Hayley Mills and June Harding) at a catholic girl's school and their run-ins with the tough and sharp-witted nun who runs the place (Rosalind Russell).
Originally there was a whole other character in this movie played by Tracy Ullman that was fully cut out. She played a bartender Bruce Willis talked to about his problems. The end originally was the two ladies still messed up but then also showing a happy old couple that we know is Bruce Willis and Tracy Ullman because where they tried the potion on him is still youthful. But for various reasons they cut that plot out entirely.
In the original ending the devious ladies were still beautiful, not messed up... but they were bored... and it took place in Switzerland 27 years later... not 37 years. At the end as the camera faded out on the faces of Meryl (with sunglasses) and Goldie they superimposed skulls over their faces for a millisecond to give it that last bit of eerie vibe.
I think the production was supposed to be offensive/in bad taste (as a musical based on “Sweet Bird of Youth,” a dramatic Tennessee Williams play about an aging movie star’s trip with a gigolo), which is why people were walking out 😦🚶
It's really nice to see this fantastic movie get some of the recognition it didn't get on release. All three leads are playing against type and smashing it.
Thanks for reacting to a Personal Favorite of mine. It’s so bizarre. And funny and clever for the time. The roles were a bit different for all the actors in it
I really hope the eye twitch thing was a subtle tip of the hat to Blake Edwards and the Pink Panther movies because I instantly thought of Herbert Lom's portrayal of Chief Dreyfuss the moment I saw it.
If you want to see Goldie Hawn super young, I recommend watching “Cactus Flower” (1969) It also stars Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, who is Isabella Rossellini’s mother! So Goldie Hawn has worked with both mother and daughter! I think Cactus Flower was one of, if not the, first movie Goldie Hawn starred in.🤔 I am pretty sure she won an Oscar for it.
@@MarshaLove0723 YES! 😂 I think the song is “I’m a Believer” by The Monkees from 1966, without the singing parts. Of course, most of the “kids” today only know the song from”Shrek” Now I sound like my Mother! 😆 I WANS’T even born in the sixties!
34:05 Guess they just didn't have Ernests skills...... Hey, Lisle gave them fair warning to take care of themselves, not her fault they both got themselves killed.
I absolutely love you, Sam. You are such a fun reactor to watch. Never change...just stay the course. I love Bruce Willis, the action star. I love "Die Hard", "Pulp Fiction", "The Fifth Element", "Sin City", etc. I even love dramatic Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense". But I absolutely love early Bruce, the comedic actor. And especially in this movie, because he looks like he's having so much fun making it. BTW, you caught "Tom, Dick, and Harry", but missed that Bruce's name is "Ernest" (earnest). I love that his weakness was weakness, and that he eventually overcame it and took charge of his life, and went on to live a happy life...by showing earnest convictionin a moment of temptation (refusing to drink the potion)...and that became his salvation. But these other two horrible vindictive people who hate each other are cursed to spend eternity looking out for each other. And of course Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn are both always awesome, no matter what. This is such a fun and weird movie for making light of the macabre...a lot like "Beetlejuice". I absolutely loved it as a kid, and it still holds up, IMO. And Isabella Rossellini awoken something in my young mind lol. I mean... muh gawd, woman!! The title "Death Becomes Her" is a play on the very posh, pompous, and even grandiose idea you heard it as, played against the idea of death being "becoming" of a person...the thought of "Ya know, she may be dead...but it actually becomes her."
The reason people leave her performance is because Madeline's show is supposed to be based on a really good yet dramatic play call Sweet Bird of Youth( a gigolo goes back to small town USA with an aging former Hollywood star and reconnect with his childhood sweetheart all the while avoiding her corrups father's ploys) Madeline's changed the story so much to appear as the star nobody liked it
She's also playing the stereotypical Hollywood character of the day: The diva, a glamorous yet totally self-obsessed, shallow, extremely vain woman who cares about no one but herself.
@@SevenEllenlike the character she played was a secondary character at best, it was obvious that a disco musical focusing on a shallow, alcoholic,vain Hollywood starlet wouldn't go well
So the car Ernest drives away in was a Porsche Spyder 550 and its owner that we see turning to see it being driven away is supposed to be actor James Dean who famously died at 24 in a crash with the same car. Other guest at the party included Marilyn Monroe (in her famous pink dress from "Gentleman Prefer Blondes"), Andy Warhol was stnading next to her, and Jim Morrison of The Doors was rhe one wanting to use Lisel's pool when Ernest falls in it. 36:09
The car in this movie is actually the 1958 Porsche 718 RSK. Makes sense since he died (staged his death) in the 550 Spyder and had since gotten a new car.
Yes! This is literally my favorite movie of all time!! Meryl Streep, Goldie, Hawn, and Bruce Willis at their absolute finest. It’s literally just a movie of them three and it works so well.
I read somewhere that after years of pestering her, Meryl Streep's mother finally came to watch her on set. Unfortunately it was the day where she confronts Ernest after falling down the stairs. In order to achieve the effect, they had to put a blue spandex bag on her head and have her walk backwards. Her mom didn't like it. At the time of filming, Goldie Hawn was 47 and Meryl Streep was 43.
Hey, Sam! Cybill Shepherd had a show MOONLIGHTING. This is who Bruce Willis was until he got DIE HARD. He occasionally got to be like this, but more often, he was like John McLane. THE KID and BLIND DATE are a couple of lighter performances. This was an amazing experience. This movie is messed up. Lots of laughter for two crazy dead broads? Unbelievable! Way to go, Sam! Way to go!
I love this movie, truly one of my favourites. And I was glad I stumbled upon your reaction today cause I'd searched for reactions to it months and years back and no one had reacted to it yet (the reactions I see now are from this year on). I had forgotten about it and followed recommendations on other films instead. I'm glad you didn't know anything about it going into it haha. Really enjoyed your reaction!
7:25 Ernest is actually a reconstructive mortician They work on any harsh conditions that effect the deceased person in question. Like discoloration, broken bones, missing hair(when I say missing hair I mean ripped out or burned off. I don’t think he would need to cover up a bald spot unless it’s what the family/ closest contact of that person wanted.), etc. For example the man he worked on earlier in the film had an expression of happiness froze on his face and was a blue-grayish color. So Ernest would’ve had to paint the man the skin color he was when he was alive and relax the face muscle to where they could look presentable for his funeral. In a way it a lot like plastic surgery, except replace the pulse with rigor-mortis.
Such a fun film! The acting is noir genius! Also I laughed out loud when you said about the red flags! that is going to be very entertaining for future reactions!
I love 90s movies they hit different I remember this movie as a kid. In 92 I was 6 didn't understand but rewatching I do now those women were crazy run for the hill's lol.
Classic movie. Cinematography and pacing u don’t see in any movie nowadays. And the effects back then were so much talked about for years! The VFX team after this worked on Jurassic Park.
"Awful people being awful to each other" is such an underrated comedy genre. It's like the polar opposite of cringe/embarrassment comedy, which is my bane.
A couple others in that genre would be The War of the Roses, and Ruthless People.
@@DavidB-2268 Ruthless People is so funny too yeah!
Lisle's dirty look when Madeline guesses she's 38 was a meta joke, as Isabella Rossellini actually was 38 when this film was made.
When she goes to get in the pool, that's not her butt, it's actually Catherine Bell, Mac from J.A.G.
you mean the "dirty look" was real
Am I the only one who liked the fact that they both stayed together for eternity, annoying each other
2 insane people are perfect for each other lmao
I never realized until other reactors pointed it out, but Ernest's escape is thanks to his restored hand, that's why he suddenly has good aim with that knife.
“First, we finish dinner” is probably my favorite line lol nice reaction
A bunch of fun Easter eggs in the final sequence:
-Ernest passes Greta Garbo, Andy Warhol, and Marilyn Monroe. Garbo had been foreshadowed with the line "As one of my clients said, I vant to be alone."
-Elvis is called out for letting people see him, referring to a popular conspiracy theory at the time that he'd faked his death, with many people claiming to have seen him.
-Jim Morrison asks Ernest if he's done in the pool.
-Ernest makes his escape in a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, famous as the car James Dean was driving in his fatal crash. And then we see Dean actually is its owner.
"Now a warning?!!!" is one of my favorite lines of all time! Tracey Ullman was in this originally, but they went with a different ending and cut every scene with her. She can still be seen in the trailer. I would love to see the original ending, but it's either lost or has just never been released. This is a great ending though. I do wish Meryl Streep had done more comedy....she is so funny in this, along with Hawn and Willis. The grunt she makes when Helen pulls her down the stairs with her at the end is a riot!
Defending Your Life is a pretty great comedy role for her.
Yes, a favorite movie line indeed! Amazing how you can get so much comic genius from delivering 3 words!
The 1989 comedy “She Devil” wasn’t a big hit, but it was absolutely hysterical, Meryl Streep totally steals the film playing a nasty, shallow, slutty romance novelist.
@@highheartwellness She also had the best line in She-Devil when she said "Would somebody get the goddam door!"
It took home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, which look pretty impressive to this day. They placed Meryl Streep in front of a blue screen and digitally composited her head on a stunt person, with her head backwards. Streep said it was very difficult, but it was fun working with Robert Zemeckis and the VFX team at Industrial Light And Magic or ILM, for short.
Streep did the backwards walking herself, there was no stunt person. Her mother visited the set the day that scene was being filmed and wasn't too impressed that her daughter was wearing a bag over her head the entire scene.
If it wasn't for the visual effects in this movie, we wouldn't have Jurassic Park.
I think this might be Bruce Willis' best performance. I think Zemeckis was able to pull a lot out of him. I know that Bruce made his fame as a comedic actor first (Moonlighting), but there was something so refreshing about his return to comedy in this film.
I think he has quite a few great performances in his resume. My favorite may well be Twelve Monkeys, but this one is definitely among his very best work.
It took me so long to even realize that was him…I was used to “Die Hard”, “Fifth Element” Bruce Willis. This one slipped right by me until, one day, I actually paid attention to the casting.🤯
This movie started out as a Tales From the Crypt project. The hallmarks are there: Robert Zemekis, horror tropes mixed with dark humor and A-list actors playing against type.
It did for real never knew that but I can see it
Helena Sharpe's psychologist was played actress Alaina Reed Hall who best known for playing the character Rose Lee Holloway from 227 (1985-1990) But Sadly Alaina Reed Hall Passed Away on December 17th 2009 From Breast Cancer She was 63 years old.
Yes! I grew up watching her, and it's always bittersweet seeing her in this role. 🙏🙏🙏
Death Becomes Her is the epitome of camp and is one of my all-time favorites! Loved your reaction! 😂
"I can see right through you" still is one of my favorite lines 😂😂 this whole movie is a ride, glad you got to enjoy it
That ending has become much more poignant and meaningful now that we know about Bruce Willis' progressive dementia that forced him into a bunch of "geezer teaser" roles before retiring completely. However his career ended, he spent so long doing so many great roles, and that made him immortal.
Iconic and beloved stars will always live on through their media and in the hearts and minds of fans, no matter how their legacy ends (unless they turn out to be a monster 😅 but Bruce seems like a nice dude)
Why are you talking about him like he died? He's still alive. He's still a treasure.
CGI had been around a while by the time this film was made, but it was the first time it was integrated so strongly with live actors. The technology limits of the time forced them to be EXTREMELY precise about the camera movements and blocking, which Meryl Streep found so stressful that she's never done any more effects-heavy movies. In fact, Goldie Hawn didn't quite hit her mark properly for the shot where she sits on the couch and the shovel goes through the hole, so they had to digitally shift her.
It was so much fun to see this movie in the theater... To see Bruce Willis play a weak pathetic man after watching him as a badass John McClane! Great reaction, thanks!
He definitely went outside the box
Meryl needs to do more comedic roles. She’s got the chops but doesn’t always have the opportunity to use them. I’d love to see her do another campy comedy like this one.
"What is this twitching? Is your eye good?"
A problem with a false (or perhaps just dislocated 😅) eye being the earliest hint at the possible side effects of the potion is very subtle.
I'm still of the opinion that "Mr" Schagall was in fact the artist Mark Schagall. Hell, Lisel had Andy Warhol as a client.
i've always assumed the twitchy eye was a reference to too much plastic surgery
It is very pleasing that both Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis held there own with Goldie Hawn in this movie.In fact it a shame Streep has not done more comedies in her career.
ILM did this between The Abyss, Terminator 2 & Jurassic Park. It was a renaissance period for computer effects. And all four of them still hold up today.
"Ernest, look at me....I'm WET!" That cracks me up so much. This is such a brilliant film, incredible comedic performances by Streep, Hawn and Rossellini, amazing visual effects and a flawless script. A film that seems to be more relevant each passing day. A true masterpiece.
Dark comedy at its best!
Just imagine if Helen had just gone on living her best life after taking the potion rather than try to go back and kill Madeline and steal Ernest back. As it was she had a snatched body, unlimited suitors pining after her and a potential bestseller on her sheet and just needed to disappear off the face of the earth after a certain period. Her seeing Madeline again years later (now threatened and intimidated by her on first sight) should have been enough in terms of payback, as should have been letting Ernest, someone who hurt her, wallow in his drinking and stay miserable either with or without the woman who stole him from her. That part doesn't get talked about nearly as much as being a cautionary tale (neither does Madeline setting out to ruin Helen's life prior to the story all over being allegedly called "cheap" which talk about disproportionate retribution). Pray for your own success before you pray for the downfall of others smdh
For sure. Helen still being unable to let Madeline and Ernest go even after years of therapy was always going to end badly for her. If she had just enjoyed her success and lived her best life, I think she could have been happy forever.
The problem is that Helen didn't do all those stuff for herself. She only did them to get back to Madeline, so it was doomed from the start.
Would have been better for Helen, but not for the comedy,
@@pvuccino Her talk to Ernest at the bookparty was much longer and she explains to him how she was locked up, then started exercising and how it all was for... (she looks into the window at Madeline)... him...
There was also another deleted scene where Helen is exercising to such an extreme in her hotelroom (as the bellhop brings maps of Death Valley) which gives a hint that she is basically almost unhumanly superfit.
(A whole day that happens between Madeline being returned home after the morgue and then being spraypainted was cut out. 4 big scenes )
I always thought it was interesting that Madeline married Ernest to make Helen unhappy but she ended up making Ernest unhappy and made herself unhappy.
We watch almost every October. It still pleases the family. A favorite.
This film is so under rated. One of my favorites. So flipping hilarious.
This is the campiest movie straight people have ever pulled off and I love it.
LMAO
15:25 the potion was one million dollars, someone owns the screen used prop cheque
One of my favorite movies everrrrr...
A whole subplot with Ernest and a barmaid called Toni (Tracey Ullman) was removed... they kind of wanted to redeem his character in the end but Robert Zemeckis decided (after some testscreenings) the plotline and ending was not right for this movie so 3 weeks before release they reshot an entire new ending. There are some shots of Tracey in the Theatrical trailer.
They also removed like 30 other scenes... some really big ones (which also causes some plotholes). One of which is Madeline being stuck in a freezer at home and the maid (Nancy Fish who was also almost entirely cut out too) totally confused about the state that Madeline is in. Ernest tells her it's a new beauty treatment Madeline is trying and then he carries Mad up the stairs (you can actually see part of this scene in the theatrical trailer).
In the extended arrival of Madeline at the Chagall salon outside there was a DeLorean (car from Back to The Future) parked in the street. Can also be seen in the trailer.
9:00 that is actress Mary Ellen Trainor who was married to Robert Zemeckis at the time
Great reaction, absolutely loved it.
My favourite little detail is that their names, Madeleine and Helen, contract to the nicknames Mad and Hell 😆💜
Intentional on the script's behalf; Madeline's, Ernest's and Helen's names together are a pun on 'Madder n' Hell'.
Bruce Willis! "She'll be FURIOUS-!" And Sydney Pollack... never has such a great performance been packed into such a brief scene, only to end up on the gurney in the hallway. So perfect.
Just a thought: imagine scientists crack aging and start to be able to control and reverse it. All the Hollywood movie stars of the 70s, 80s, 90s - competing with today's stars for lead roles. Mel Gibson vs Brad Pitt; Michelle Pfeiffer vs Margot Robbie.
The part that made me laugh was when they came tumbling down and shattered to pieces 😂😂😂
I was like UGH. Seen it so many times.
But to watch u watch it... Great times!!!
Good morning good evening and good afternoon. 😘
My favorite Bruce Willis film! 💜🖤💜
So happy to see you watch it
He is so funny when given the chance!
See, what's absolutely wild is that I knew it was Bruce Willis in the beginning because it said it was in the opening credits-- and then by the end I was like "oh wow that was Bruce Willis--" I didn't even recognize him!
@@LordVolkov Well, he began as a comedian on TV. That's how I first saw him, so I'm not really surprised! lol
YES!!! this was a childhood favorite movie. Going over to grandmas and making popcorn balls and watching this movie on Halloween is a cherished memory
Love Meryl Streep as a comedic actress. She-Devil is another good one.
I second She-Devil
I love how you said "Now a warning?!" at the same time as Meryl. 😂😂
I saw this as a child at the drive in with my little brother and parents. I was 10. Loved it. Still love this movie.
She paid $1 million for the potion.
CLASSIC movie underrated
This is such an underated movie. It really is excellent. This movie was one of my favorite movies back then...and it still stands up to todays standards. I really love the special effects for not having any CGI, you really can't tell how they do it sometimes. The cast is so perfect too. Actually my favorite roles for all three of them to this day.
One of my favorite movies EVER.
Like Shaine White said, this movie won the VFX Oscar, as did two other Zemeckis films: Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Forrest Gump. They're all amazing films, and not just technically. This movie is SO funny. I laughed really hard when Hel and Maddie are asking Ernest to patch them up before he goes..."Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeze?"
I love this movie! I remember see it in theaters with my Mom. I was 11, such good times!
Thanks for sharing this, you triggered some good memories!
I suggest 1966's "The Trouble With Angels". It's the story of a clever troublemaker and her ditzy friend (Hayley Mills and June Harding) at a catholic girl's school and their run-ins with the tough and sharp-witted nun who runs the place (Rosalind Russell).
i remember seeing this in the theater! meryl streep in comedic roles is always such a treat.
This is the perfect Valentine's Day movie! ❤☠
Originally there was a whole other character in this movie played by Tracy Ullman that was fully cut out. She played a bartender Bruce Willis talked to about his problems. The end originally was the two ladies still messed up but then also showing a happy old couple that we know is Bruce Willis and Tracy Ullman because where they tried the potion on him is still youthful. But for various reasons they cut that plot out entirely.
In the original ending the devious ladies were still beautiful, not messed up... but they were bored... and it took place in Switzerland 27 years later... not 37 years. At the end as the camera faded out on the faces of Meryl (with sunglasses) and Goldie they superimposed skulls over their faces for a millisecond to give it that last bit of eerie vibe.
I think the production was supposed to be offensive/in bad taste (as a musical based on “Sweet Bird of Youth,” a dramatic Tennessee Williams play about an aging movie star’s trip with a gigolo), which is why people were walking out 😦🚶
Ahhh okay
It's really nice to see this fantastic movie get some of the recognition it didn't get on release. All three leads are playing against type and smashing it.
This was my all time favourite movie from my childhood. Very glad you watched it 👍👍
I saw this movie a lot of times but the ending still creeps me out I'm like wow just wow
Looooove this movie, such an underrated comedy
35:30 Both Madeline & Helen were INSANELY FUNNY! This movie was a family favorite in my household growing up 😂🎨💀
Mimosa is the JAM - blood mary's are nightmare fuel
Mad and Hell, the names say it all!
Thanks for reacting to a Personal Favorite of mine. It’s so bizarre. And funny and clever for the time. The roles were a bit different for all the actors in it
My two queens🤩
Love this movie!
I really hope the eye twitch thing was a subtle tip of the hat to Blake Edwards and the Pink Panther movies because I instantly thought of Herbert Lom's portrayal of Chief Dreyfuss the moment I saw it.
If you want to see Goldie Hawn super young, I recommend watching “Cactus Flower” (1969)
It also stars Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, who is Isabella Rossellini’s mother!
So Goldie Hawn has worked with both mother and daughter!
I think Cactus Flower was one of, if not the, first movie Goldie Hawn starred in.🤔 I am pretty sure she won an Oscar for it.
I. Love. That. Movie. ❤️
The crazy dancing in the club always cracks me up. And they keep playing the same dang song every time they go there.
@@MarshaLove0723 YES! 😂
I think the song is “I’m a Believer” by The Monkees from 1966, without the singing parts.
Of course, most of the “kids” today only know the song from”Shrek”
Now I sound like my Mother! 😆
I WANS’T even born in the sixties!
For so long I have wondered where I knew Jack Donaghy's ex-wife BIanca from, she's the witch in this movie. dang fianlly that was bugging me
They gave the ladies names that had fun nicknames. " Mad" and " Hell ".
29:55 he used the hand that was healed to throw that! that's why his aim became so good
yesssssss it's been a minute since you've happened to watch something I've seen!! this movie fucking rules it's so funny and fresh
34:05 Guess they just didn't have Ernests skills......
Hey, Lisle gave them fair warning to take care of themselves, not her fault they both got themselves killed.
Sam, you are a delight to watch. I haven’t even finished the video and I know I’m going to enjoy it. This is one of my favorite movies.
You’re too kind!! 🥰 Thank you.
I absolutely love you, Sam. You are such a fun reactor to watch. Never change...just stay the course.
I love Bruce Willis, the action star. I love "Die Hard", "Pulp Fiction", "The Fifth Element", "Sin City", etc. I even love dramatic Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense". But I absolutely love early Bruce, the comedic actor. And especially in this movie, because he looks like he's having so much fun making it.
BTW, you caught "Tom, Dick, and Harry", but missed that Bruce's name is "Ernest" (earnest). I love that his weakness was weakness, and that he eventually overcame it and took charge of his life, and went on to live a happy life...by showing earnest convictionin a moment of temptation (refusing to drink the potion)...and that became his salvation.
But these other two horrible vindictive people who hate each other are cursed to spend eternity looking out for each other. And of course Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn are both always awesome, no matter what.
This is such a fun and weird movie for making light of the macabre...a lot like "Beetlejuice". I absolutely loved it as a kid, and it still holds up, IMO. And Isabella Rossellini awoken something in my young mind lol. I mean... muh gawd, woman!!
The title "Death Becomes Her" is a play on the very posh, pompous, and even grandiose idea you heard it as, played against the idea of death being "becoming" of a person...the thought of "Ya know, she may be dead...but it actually becomes her."
Thank you 🥺♥️
The reason people leave her performance is because Madeline's show is supposed to be based on a really good yet dramatic play call Sweet Bird of Youth( a gigolo goes back to small town USA with an aging former Hollywood star and reconnect with his childhood sweetheart all the while avoiding her corrups father's ploys) Madeline's changed the story so much to appear as the star nobody liked it
She's also playing the stereotypical Hollywood character of the day: The diva, a glamorous yet totally self-obsessed, shallow, extremely vain woman who cares about no one but herself.
@@SevenEllenlike the character she played was a secondary character at best, it was obvious that a disco musical focusing on a shallow, alcoholic,vain Hollywood starlet wouldn't go well
OMG, I love this movie! I haven't seen it in ages! Glad you got to experience it! 🥰
One of my all time favorite movies! So underrated.
OMG you are so much fun! In my mind we are besties. LOL
So the car Ernest drives away in was a Porsche Spyder 550 and its owner that we see turning to see it being driven away is supposed to be actor James Dean who famously died at 24 in a crash with the same car. Other guest at the party included Marilyn Monroe (in her famous pink dress from "Gentleman Prefer Blondes"), Andy Warhol was stnading next to her, and Jim Morrison of The Doors was rhe one wanting to use Lisel's pool when Ernest falls in it. 36:09
The car in this movie is actually the 1958 Porsche 718 RSK. Makes sense since he died (staged his death) in the 550 Spyder and had since gotten a new car.
This is such an underrated movie.
You're an amazing reactor!! Death becomes her is probably my all time favourite film... thanks for reacting!
Red Barron lol.
Snoopy!!!
'The War of the Roses'....starred Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas & Danny Devito.
7:18 I guess you could say “He came and went…” 🤣
Yes! This is literally my favorite movie of all time!! Meryl Streep, Goldie, Hawn, and Bruce Willis at their absolute finest. It’s literally just a movie of them three and it works so well.
This is such a fun movie about three awful people getting what's coming to them.
Ernest actually never gets any punishment. He goes on to live a full life after cutting himself loose 😬
@@LordVolkov Well, he did get what was coming to him when he went off with Madeleine. He got Madeleine.
I was expecting them to become a couple I was very disappointed yet they DEFINITELY seemed like a old married LITERALLY
The movie that reminds us that Bruce Willis was a good actor
That's not a jab at Willis btw neither typecasting nor aphasia are his fault
I read somewhere that after years of pestering her, Meryl Streep's mother finally came to watch her on set. Unfortunately it was the day where she confronts Ernest after falling down the stairs. In order to achieve the effect, they had to put a blue spandex bag on her head and have her walk backwards. Her mom didn't like it.
At the time of filming, Goldie Hawn was 47 and Meryl Streep was 43.
"Mad?"
"Hell!"
Thank you for noticing the accent. No one seems to have done so.
"I can see right through you!" ;-D
Please, if you have not already, watch the original Overboard staring Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell (1987)...
I listen to your videos while I'm working, because you remind me of my granddaughter, whom I adore. You make these reactions so FUN!
You’re too kind! Thank you
Yes!!!! I love love love this movie!!!
Hey, Sam! Cybill Shepherd had a show MOONLIGHTING. This is who Bruce Willis was until he got DIE HARD. He occasionally got to be like this, but more often, he was like John McLane. THE KID and BLIND DATE are a couple of lighter performances. This was an amazing experience. This movie is messed up. Lots of laughter for two crazy dead broads? Unbelievable! Way to go, Sam! Way to go!
CANT WAIT FOR THE RED FLAGS!!!! 🚩🚩
Hehe I'll always have "crazy-straw Meryl Streep" pictured in my head whenever I see that scene!
😂😂😂
I love this movie, truly one of my favourites. And I was glad I stumbled upon your reaction today cause I'd searched for reactions to it months and years back and no one had reacted to it yet (the reactions I see now are from this year on). I had forgotten about it and followed recommendations on other films instead. I'm glad you didn't know anything about it going into it haha. Really enjoyed your reaction!
7:25
Ernest is actually a reconstructive mortician
They work on any harsh conditions that effect the deceased person in question.
Like discoloration, broken bones, missing hair(when I say missing hair I mean ripped out or burned off. I don’t think he would need to cover up a bald spot unless it’s what the family/ closest contact of that person wanted.), etc.
For example the man he worked on earlier in the film had an expression of happiness froze on his face and was a blue-grayish color. So Ernest would’ve had to paint the man the skin color he was when he was alive and relax the face muscle to where they could look presentable for his funeral.
In a way it a lot like plastic surgery, except replace the pulse with rigor-mortis.
Such a fun film! The acting is noir genius! Also I laughed out loud when you said about the red flags! that is going to be very entertaining for future reactions!
Now. A Warning!!!
Isabella Rosalini was doing an impersonation of Marina Abramović.
I love 90s movies they hit different I remember this movie as a kid. In 92 I was 6 didn't understand but rewatching I do now those women were crazy run for the hill's lol.
Seems like they were perfectly named: Mad and Hel(l).
Meet the stunning Isabella Rossellini, daughter of Ingmar Bergman..!
And at 68, 69 to be, she is still stunning
Thank you Sam 🤣👍
Private Benjamin 1980 movie starring Goldie Hawn is hilarious
OMG I LOVE this movie and that's all I have to say. Fucking funny every time!!!!
Classic movie. Cinematography and pacing u don’t see in any movie nowadays. And the effects back then were so much talked about for years! The VFX team after this worked on Jurassic Park.