She-Devil is a 1989 American film starring Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr. 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 is a frumpy, overweight wife and mother, who tries desperately to please her husband Bob, an accountant trying to boost his business. After meeting Mary Fisher, a romance nov...
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She-Devil is a 1989 American film starring Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr. 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 is a frumpy, overweight wife and mother, who tries desperately to please her husband Bob, an accountant trying to boost his business. After meeting Mary Fisher, a romance novelist, at a dinner party, they begin having an affair. Ruth, aware of the affair, confronts Bob about the affair while Bob's parents are visiting, which makes Bob leave her. As he is packing his suitcase, he explains to Ruth that his assets are his home, his family, his career, and his freedom. Mad with rage, Ruth vows to get revenge on him and Mary. Ruth writes a list titled "Bob's Assets," with the four assets that Bob stated. She crosses off each one when it is destroyed. With Bob away at Mary's and the kids at school, she proceeds to set...
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