PHOTO PROVIDED Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn star in 1992’s dark comedy “Death Becomes Her.”

Hi everyone! It’s been a bit since I’ve been able to write a Throwback Thursday column. Life sure can get busy and it’s a bit surprising how easily you can just never sit down to watch a movie.

Lucky for us, a wonderful friend of mine, Dana, managed to suggest a movie that motivated me to put together a new column — 1992’s “Death Becomes Her.”

“Death Becomes Her” stars two familiar actresses as leading ladies, Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn, along with “Die Hard” actor Bruce Willis.

The movie is considered a dark comedy and follows frenemies Madeline Ashton (Streep) and Helen Sharp (Hawn) as they let their feud get to them in epic proportions.

We open the movie with Madeline, a failing actress in the 1970s, opening for a terribly off Broadway musical where she invites Helen and her fiance Dr. Ernest Menville (Willis).

This gives Madeline the perfect opportunity to whisk Ernest away and leave a depressed and vengeful Helen behind.

Of course, Helen never forgives or forgets the slight, as she watches Madeline’s career and Menville go from being a world renowned plastic surgeon to a mortician.

Fourteen years pass in this time — where we see Helen begin to hatch a plan for revenge against Madeline and snatch back Ernest.

And so begins a rather wacky, and a bit spooky and magical, movie that pits two divas against one another.

We watch as Madeline takes no precautions in attempting to retain her beauty which will have some interesting side effects. And we learn that she and Helen may not be that different after all.

Meanwhile, Ernest is clearly a bit of a spineless dimwit who is just along for this extremely weird ride.

“Death Becomes Her” has a lot of really great comedic moments and Streep, Hunt and Willis feed off each other well.

Streep in particular had me laughing out loud more than once with her one-liners. I don’t often see her in comedic roles and I always enjoy when she gets the chance to dig into that. However, I also enjoy when she’s a sassy character or belting some ABBA (shameless “Mama Mia!” plug).

As for Hunt, I really loved watching her character. At first Helen seems like your run-of-the-mill timid friend who had her life snatched away by the more devious Madeline. But, as the movie goes on you realize there’s a reason those two are friends — they’re both equally unhinged.

And let’s be honest here — everyone needs an unhinged bestie to get through life. However, not all unhinged dynamics need to be quite as toxic as these two ladies.

I, of course, can’t forget to throw some praise Willis’s way. I’m used to seeing him portray serious characters like in “Die Hard” or “Armageddon.” It was really refreshing to witness him play the often meek and extremely frazzled character that really makes up Ernest. This man is by no means the movie’s victim considering he willfully left his fiancee for her friend — there really isn’t a true villain in this movie anyway. However, karma certainly comes for him in the most hilarious of ways.

I also can’t help but touch on the special effects of the movie. Even with it being released in the early 1990s, when CGI and other technological advancements in film were just in its fledgling state, the graphics really held up. Fun fact! It was actually the first film to use computer-generated skin texture for some of its scenes through the company Industrial Light and Magic. (Or maybe not fun if that concept creeps you out a little, I won’t judge.)

The effects utilized in this movie, between its practical side and digital, were actually used in “Jurassic Park” soon after by the same company. So, I guess we can thank “Death Becomes Her” for some extremely cool dinosaurs.

Overall, “Death Becomes Her” was an extremely fun and entertaining movie with a great cast, cool effects and some hilarious dialogue and acting. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good dark comedy (or even just Meryl Streep).

Another fun fact (I’m full of those with this one) it’s actually getting the Broadway treatment this year. “Death Becomes Her” will be premiering on the stage this November.

So, clearly I’m not the only one that really enjoyed the movie. Maybe you will, too!

“Death Becomes Her” is rated PG-13 and may be found for rent on Amazon Prime.

Also, thank you Dana for suggesting this movie! Who knows, maybe more of her recommendations may find their way to my Throwback columns.

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Laura Jameson is Managing Editor of The Express.