She-Devil

Director: Susan Seidelman Susan Seidelman

Overview

Based on the novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, by Fay Weldon, this film follows a woman's (Roseanne Arnold) quest for vengeance when her husband is seduced away from her by a novelist.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/09/2015
UPC:	0887090101905
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Olive
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Roseanne Barr	Actor
Ed Begley Jr.	Bob Pachett
Meryl Streep	Mary Fisher
Sylvia Miles	Mrs. Fisher
Linda Hunt	Hooper
Elisebeth Peters	Nicolette Patchett
Bryan Larkin	Andy Patchett
A. Martinez	Garcia the Butler
Maria Pitillo	Olivia Honey
Mary Louise Wilson	Mrs. Trumper
Susan Willis	Ute
Jack Gilpin	Larry
Robin Leach	Himself
Nitchie Barrett	Bob's Secretary
June Gable	Realtor
Jeanine Joyce	Flower Lady
Deborah Rush	`People' Reporter
Sally Jessy Raphael	Herself
Doris Belack	Paula
Cerius and Cinderella	Juliette
Lori Tan Chinn	Vesta Rose Woman
Joe Pentangelo	Detective
Mark Steiner	Valet
Rosanna Carter	Judge Brown
George Kodisch	Court Officer
Manny Olmo	Cook
Alain Jarry	Alain
John Richard Reynolds	Bookstore Customer
George Trow	Douglas
Martin Snaric	Actor
Steven Prince	Actor,Mary's Party Guest
Anna Marie Winds	Actor
R. Patrick Sullivan	Actor
Mary Marshall	Actor,Guggenheim Party Guest
Sally Sockwell	Guggenheim Party Guest
Will Ford	Mack Brandon Duo
Mack Brandon	Mack Brandon Duo
Scott Wyatt Rawls	Roslyn Artists String Quartet
Julie Signitzer	Roslyn Artists String Quartet
Christopher Collins Lee	Roslyn Artists String Quartet
Sandra Fine	Roslyn Artists String Quartet
Ed Begley	Actor
Brian Larkin	Andy Patchett
Herbie	Himself
Max	Fuzzy
Cynthia Adler	Vesta Rose Commercial Voice
Fred Bond	Apollo
Clifton James	Actor
George McDaniel	The Tiger
George W.S. Trow	Douglas
Howard Shore	Composer

Technical Credits

Barry Strugatz

Mark R. Burns

Susan Seidelman	Director,Producer
Jonathan Brett	Producer
Barry Strugatz	Screenwriter
Mark R. Burns	Screenwriter
Efex Specialists, Inc.	Special Effects
G. Brown	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Director Susan Seidelman specializes in creating comedies that are not especially comic. Sometimes, as in Desperately Seeking Susan, there are enough other virtues to compensate for this lack of humor, but She-Devil falls somewhat short of the mark. The basic revenge premise has potential; indeed, in one form or another it has been used in dozens of other successful movies. But Seidelman and screenwriters Mark R. Burns and Barry Strugatz have made the character of the wronged wife so unlikable that the audience doesn't enjoy her obsessive desire to destroy her husband. Roseanne Barr's chilly performance doesn't help matters, although to be fair, she seems to be creating the character exactly as Seidelman has envisioned her. Ed Begley, Jr. is also problematic. He's entirely believable (and enjoyable) as a loathsome rat, but his animal magnetism is practically nil; without that, it's hard to believe that Meryl Streep's character would become so utterly smitten with him. Streep, however, is a joy and the movie's highlight. Letting loose in her first all-out comic role, she has a delightful time, especially during her drug-induced writhing sequence on and around the bed. Even she has difficulty maneuvering past Seidelman's undermining of the mechanics of comedy (timing, build-ups, payoffs) in a search for more original ways of getting a laugh; but for the most part, Streep's broad, through-the-roof performance works.