Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. 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.

Meryl Streep
as Madeline Ashton Menville

Goldie Hawn
as Helen Sharp

Bruce Willis
as Dr. Ernest Menville

Isabella Rossellini
as Lisle von Rhuman

Ian Ogilvy
as Chagall

Adam Storke
as Dakota

Alaina Reed Hall
as Psychologist

Nancy Fish
as Rose

Michelle Johnson
as Anna

Mary Ellen Trainor
as Vivian Adams
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"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 a...