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She-Devil

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Directed by Susan Seidelman
Produced by Susan Seidelman and Jonathan Brett
Screenplay by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns Based on the novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by Fay Weldon
With: Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Hunt, Sylvia Miles, A Martinez, Deborah Rush, Robin Leach, and Sally Jessy Raphael
Cinematography: Oliver Stapleton
Editing: Craig McKay
Music: Howard Shore
Runtime: 99 min
Release Date: 08 December 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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Susan Seidelman’s tame adaptation of Fay Weldon’s darkly satirical novel about a homely woman's revenge on her cheating husband and his beautiful lover was a huge disappointment when it came out, and it plays even worse three decades later. The casting coup of teaming Meryl Streep with Roseanne Barr (making her film debut hot off her hit sitcom) turned out to be the film’s downfall since neither's performance style fits such a middle-of-the-road comedy.