Summary
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.
Cast
Goldie Hawn
Helen Sharp
Bruce Willis
Dr. Ernest Menville
Meryl Streep
Madeline Ashton Menville
Isabella Rossellini
Lisle von Rhuman
Ian Ogilvy
Chagall
Adam Storke
Dakota
Nancy Fish
Rose
Alaina Reed Hall
Psychologist
Michelle Johnson
Anna
Mary Ellen Trainor
Vivian Adams
William Frankfather
Mr. Franklin
John Ingle
Eulogist
Clement von Franckenstein
Opening Man
Petrea Burchard
Opening Woman
Jim Jansen
Second Man
Mimi Kennedy
Second Woman
Paulo Tocha
Landlord
Mark Davenport
Eviction Cop
Thomas Murphy
Eviction Cop
Michael Mills
Police Officer
Sonia Jackson
Psychiatric Patient
Jill C. Klein
Psychiatric Patient
Jean St. James
Psychiatric Patient
Debra Jo Rupp
Psychiatric Patient
Carol Ann Susi
Psychiatric Patient
Kay Yamamoto
Psychiatric Patient
Jacquelyn K. Koch
Messenger Girl
Anya Longwell
Chagall Receptionist
Stuart Mabray
Chagall Security
Colleen Morris
Starlet
Jonathan Silverman
Jay Norman
Meg Wittner
Woman at Book Party
Carrie Jean Yazel
Girl at Dakota's
Michael A. Nickles
Lisle's Body Guard
John Enos III
Lisle's Body Guard
Danny Lee Clark
Lisle's Body Guard
Fabio
Lisle's Body Guard
Joel Beeson
Lisle's Body Guard
Ron Stein
Elvis
Bonnie Cahoon
Greta Garbo
Stéphanie Anderson
Marilyn Monroe
Bob Swain
Andy Warhol
Eric Clark
James Dean
Dave Brock
Jim Morrison
Lydia Peterkoch
Blonde with Jim Morrison
Phillip Irwin Cooper
Coroner
Ernest Harada
Coroner
Susan Kellermann
Second Doctor
Kevin Caldwell
Medical Technician
Alex Hernandez
Medical Technician
Donna Ekholdt
Sobbing Nun
Tammy Gantz
Sobbing Nun
Melissa Martin
Sobbing Nun
Jeff Adkins
Dancer
Cheryl Baxter
Dancer
Cameron English
Dancer
Edmond Alan Forsyth
Dancer
Bob Gaynor
Dancer
Don Hesser
Dancer
Michael Higgins
Dancer
Kenneth Hughes
Dancer
Kenneth Knaff
Dancer
Glean Lewis
Dancer
Keith McDaniel
Dancer
Charles McGowan
Dancer
Regan Patno
Dancer
Lacy Darryl Phillips
Dancer
Matt Sergott
Dancer
Paul Michael Thorpe
Dancer
Sergio Trujillo
Dancer
Randy Crenshaw
Singer
Jon Joyce
Singer
Jerry Whitman
Singer
Anthony S. Johnson
Police Supervisor (uncredited)
Mike O'Hearn
Man (uncredited)
Sydney Pollack
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Ai Wan
Maid in Ancient Greece (uncredited)
Michael Caine
Michael Caine (uncredited) (archive footage)
Crew
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Writer
David Koepp
Writer
Martin Donovan
Reviews
Geronimo1967
June 29, 2022
7
"Helen" (Goldie Hawn) has always lived in the shadow of her friend, the successful actress "Madeline" (Meryl Streep), but when she loses her fiancée - renowned, if rather dowdy, plastic surgeon "Dr. Menville" (Bruce Willis) to her, she loses the plot. Eventually twice the size and evicted from her apartment with her hands still glued to the ice cream pot, she is sent to a mental institution were she finally concocts a plan for revenge. Meantime, the marriage has rather gone to seed. "Madeline" seeks comfort in the arms of younger men, but when her latest beau rejects her, she finds herself - via the kindly intervention of an almost unrecognisable Ian Ogilvy ("Chagall") - in the lair of the seductive "Lisle von Rhuman" (Isabella Rossellini) who offers her eternal youth. Of course there is a price - but will she pay it? What ensues for the last forty five minutes is really quite entertaining. Streep and Hawn look like they are enjoying themselves as their antics become comically macabre. Willis, the now bottle-hitting doctor - who has been largely reduced to manicuring corpses - is also clearly having some fun and Rossellini hams up wonderfully. The ending isn't my favourite, but I suppose it was "fair" and desserts were just. This is an amiable, feel-good, comedy with everyone on good form, some lovely snide dialogue and I liked it.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$55,000,000.00
Revenue:
$149,000,000.00
Keywords
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