She Devil stars Roseanne Barr as Ruth, a clumsy housewife who meets her favourite author Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep) at a party one night but she also discovers that her Husband Bob (Ed Begley Jr) is cheating on her with Mary so she masterminds a plan to bring him down.
She Devil is a terrific example of what I call the "Oh No" comedy in that a scene plays out and then something happens in it that makes you go "Oh No" and sure enough that happens and this film also had me smiling almost all the way through it as it is a terrific dark comedy with not only a great comic performance by Streep who does the manic timing very well in contrast to her near perfect looks but Roseanne Barr is simply fantastic as the scorned wife and watching her in this film it's easy to see why she became so successful on television a couple of years later.
Another thing I noticed watching this film is how brisk it feels in its pacing, no moment ever feels wasted here and I also noticed that this sort of story plays a lot better nowadays given we're more cynical than we were in 1990 when this film was first released and also movies about female empowerment also have much more resonance now than then, its a big pity this movie won't get re released in cinemas as I think it would get a much different reaction to the one it got on original release.
All in all She Devil is terrific fun and is well worth a watch, 3 and a half out of 5.
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