She Devil [DVD]

This film is about a woman who stayed at home to be a good wife, mother and housekeeper, while her accountant husband career reached it ultimate pinnacle, the higher he became in status, the more he takes her for granted; she started to let herself go; by being overweight and losing her fashion sense. He was attending a party where the upper classes,famous and rich mingled. He invited his wife whose choice of clothings standout within a mile. While she was mingling, she bump into her favourite author (Merl Sweep) and with all her excitement, accidently spilled her wine on her outfit. Her husband came to Ms Sweep rescue and it was lust at first sight. Her husband decided to give merl Sweep a lift home and this is where, her life turned upside down with all the late hours and lies; then he walked out on her to be with Ms Sweep; she retaliated by blowing up the house, and brought the children and their dog to Ms Sweep love nest and leave them. She went on series of adventure to rectified things. Ms Sweep got a taste of her own medicine, as things started to falls apart; you know that saying what goes around, comes around. View the film for yourself.

Ruth Patchett (Roseanne Barr)is a dedicated mother and wife, who tries her best to run the household and (having a little weight problem) to look attractive for her husband Bob (Ed Begley Jr.). Despite her efforts her husband who is an accountant is captured by Mary Fisher (Meryll Streep) a popular romance author. After his affair gets public at a dinner with his parents, Bob tries to blame Ruth, he points out the things which are most important for him in life, his home, his family, his career and his freedom and claims the only thing disturbing his fortune was her the she-devil and moves to Mary. At that point Ruth plans an evil revenge, tackling Bobs assets - one at a time... On her way she builds up a strong support network for betrayed or just unlucky women who help her on her mission.This 1980s movie is great fun.

I first seen this with the origonal actors many yrs ago and tom baker played the cheat..I like this re-make and roseanne barr plays the role perfectly as the betrayed wife hell bent on revenge.Its funny and know i shall enjoy watching everytime..Roseanne has always been a favourite of mine and the transformation from frumpy housewife to thriving business woman is wonderful.I think a follow up of this with same actors would have been good veiwing but lets hope they never try re-make this one as it wouldn,t be the same.Each one to their own point of view this is one i shall watch time and time again.

It is a gem

I really love this movie. The plot and story line has such good humor. Meryl Streep plays a great part as the mistress, but is severly over shadowed by the performance of rosanne barr who gives us all hope of getting back at the man who cheats with great effect. This really is a laugh a minute movie with a slight dark under tone which will make you want to watch it time and time again.

Can’t believe I forgot about this movie.

Delivery service was fast and the blu ray arrived intact. The movie itself was okay, I have seen Meryl Streep in better comedies.

Love this film. Very well written and an absolute bargain at £3

As funny as I thought it would be

深夜でみて、これすげー面白いですよ。深夜でみたのは20年は前。なんでも買えますねAmazon。絶対にレンタルでは無いので、面白いので自分のものにして良いと思います。まず、旦那が理不尽に肥え太った奥さまを捨てるとこからが、ゴングです。

Great film and funny. I had to add it to my collection for sure!

No está en español ni en castellano.

Two names you don’t usually hear mentioned in unison are Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr, so how wild is it that back in 1989 the two were paired in this off-beat, overlooked, delicious dark comedy that makes its’ way to Blu-Ray thanks to the folks at Olive Films.Roseanne, just having come off a hugely successful debut season of her ABC sitcom, was on her way to becoming the most-publicized woman in America and here plays the dowdy, sympathetic put-upon housewife to Ed Begley Jr.’s upwardly mobile accountant whom accidentally impregnated Barr and now lives in suburbia with her and their two offspring. A chance meeting at a business function has both their lives colliding with that of Streep’s best-selling romance novelist character who also exists as a professional Drama Queen who makes short order of embroiling Begley in a steamy extramarital affair that rivals anything found in her trashy, fictional tomes.When Barr realizes Begley’s been cheating and confronts him, he pushes back too hard by yelling “You’re not even a woman…you’re a SHE-DEVIL”. Barr then concocts a devious plan to strip her philandering hubby of his most prized possessions: Home, Family, Career and Freedom. And if she’s able to make Streep’s life a living hell in the process, then all the better!The tone of the film is like a wonderfully campy parody of 1950s Women’s Picture mixed with classic animated Disney feature (though a demented one) and the score reflects this perfectly. There are numerous inventive and hilarious edits and cuts such as the scene where Begley’s about to receive fellatio from his mistress and the director cuts to Barr angrily chopping a cucumber. The director wisely makes use of unusual angles and lighting to great effect such as when Begley proclaims Barr a She-Devil, she’s bathed in blue light in the foreground. The scene where she sabotages the house by overloading the electrical outlets, loads the microwave with every aerosol can she can get her hands on and jams a butcher knife into the MixMaster is also a highlight (even if the explosion is obviously done on a blue-screen, its’ cartoonishness is appropriately in step with the film’s tone).The supporting cast includes the fabulous Mary-Louise Wilson (“One Day at a Time”) who has always had a hysterical way with a line (“INCONTINENCE!); Doris Belack (Dorothy Zbornak’s sister Gloria on “The Golden Girls”); Deborah Rush as a PEOPLE Magazine reporter; A Martinez (“Santa Barbara”) who isn’t given much to do besides display his chiseled pecs; Lori Tan Chinn who went on to join the cast of “Roseanne” the next season as hairdresser Iris in the salon where Roseanne starts sweeping floors.Lastly, the film is a fun time-capsule of sorts as we see Robin Leach and Sally Jessy Raphael as themselves and the soundtrack includes snippets of Cathy Dennis (“Come On and Get My Love”) and Jermaine Stewart (“Tren de Amour”). A bit of my favorite Elvis song even plays just before the closing credits start!The widescreen print looks great and SHE-DEVIL is a film that is fun, funny, well-paced and deserving of Cult Classic Status.