American comedy in which ageing actress Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep) is persuaded to consume an elixir which promises her eternal life. Her rival for her husband Ernest (Bruce Willis)'s affections, Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn), has taken the same potion, and when the two of them try to kill each other, their bodies prove to be irritatingly indestructible. Who will win the desire of Ernest and be the last woman standing?