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Release Date: 1989

Cast: A Martinez, Ed Begley, Jr., Linda Hunt, Mary Louise Wilson, Maria Pitillo, Sylvia Miles, Roseanne Barr, Meryl Streep, Elisebeth Peters, Bryan Larkin

Categories: Movies, Black comedy, Screwball comedy, Domestic Comedy, Comedy

She-Devil is a 1989 American film starring Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr and Ed Begley, Jr.. It was directed by Susan Seidelman. It is the second adaptation of the novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by British writer Fay Weldon, after a BBC TV adaptation was first broadcast in 1986. Ruth Patchett (Roseanne Barr) is a frumpy, overweight housewife and mother, who desperately tries to please her attractive accountant husband Bob (Ed Begley, Jr.). After Bob meets romance novelist Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep) at a dinner party, they begin having an affair; Mary also hires him as her... MORE

She-Devil is a 1989 American film starring Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr and Ed Begley, Jr.. It was directed by Susan Seidelman. It is the second adaptation of the novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by British writer Fay Weldon, after a BBC TV adaptation was first broadcast in 1986. Ruth Patchett (Roseanne Barr) is a frumpy, overweight housewife and mother, who desperately tries to please her attractive accountant husband Bob (Ed Begley, Jr.). After Bob meets romance novelist Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep) at a dinner party, they begin having an affair; Mary also hires him as her accountant. Though aware of the affair, Ruth initially lives in denial (believing it to be a fling which Bob will leave) and continues to take care of her two children, Nicolette (Elisebeth Peters) and Andrew (Bryan Larkin), and doing other household chores. However, Ruth soon begins to feel ragged after trying to prepare for Bob's parents' visit, culminating with Ruth finding Andrew's dead gerbil in a casserole pot. After Ruth confronts him about his affair in front of his parents, Bob decides to pack up his things and leave Ruth with the kids, calling her a liability and telling her she is a bad mother, a LESS