the audience applauded

Amateur movie with Big budget

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Ruth Patchett (Roseanne Barr) is no trophy wife and she's desperate to impress her accountant husband Bob (Ed Begley Jr.). They have two kids. Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep) is a best selling romance novelist. Bob and Mary fall over each other at first glance. Ruth suspects it immediately. Bob has enough of Ruth and moves out calling her a "She-Devil". She makes a list of Bob's Assets; home, family, career, and freedom. She then sets off to destroy each item on the list. She starts work at a nursing home to get close to Mary's mother and befriends downtrodden nurse Hooper (Linda Hunt).Roseanne is pushing her unpleasantness to the limits. This is a dark comedy that is concentrating on the dark and leaving the comedy to find its own way. It's a movie full of unpleasant characters being unpleasant. To its credit, somebody thought Roseanne couldn't do this unless she has a prominent mole on her face. There is no need to fear. Roseanne can be really be annoying with or without the mole. She does need more glee in her revenge. The comedy never truly takes off. It's a matter of tone and it's too down to be funny.

this movie is supposed to be a comedy but there is very little evidence to backup this because it's worse than the Jason Friendberg and Aaron Seltzer comedies. is quite easily the 4th worst movie of the 80's I don't know what the #### the people are thinking when they say Merly Streep can act she can't act she's so bad I think If I see another thing with Meryl Streep in it I could spot her out even if she had 9,000,000 layers of makeup (to hide her face) OK the plot is so annoying this woman has a husband and she is a housewife and the husband cheats on her for THE WORLDS WORST ACTRESS MERYL STREEP!!!!!!!!! and the wife cooks a dead rat with a dinner and he blows it and leaves then she blows the house up takes the kids to her (with her bad acting all I mention in this movie is all this crap actress Streep deserves) and then she puts Streep's mother with her and she gets fired and then they open an employment Agency which the commercial is so out of order they say "...we believe people are more than just their jobs." which is a very huge mistake because they wire people to their jobs and nothing else so she slips a pamphlet in her husbands office she has the perfect person in competition in the movie then the husband starts ####ing her and then it turns out that the girl up against Meryl is in love with the husband and this doesn't bother her for a second and when she ####'s the girl Meryl is typing up a new novel and then the girl up against Meryl Streep reveals her feelings for him she gets fired so what do they do the wife and the girl up against Streep frauds the customers into getting out thousands of their money to Switzerland a party is thrown the Police enter then they arrest him. this movie is a must-see for anyone who likes pains like stretching the skin of their own head (another movie comes to mind Charlies Angels 2)

In my deep heart of hearts, I knew that this was a bad movie, I mean it wasn't well thought out or that well acted and kind of biased. But Despite that fact, for some odd reason, I really did like this movie. I think because I loved the fact on how real it was, I think a lot of women could relate to Rosanne, either looks wise or their love lives. She was so realistic and heart breaking, but you rooted for her all the way into the end. Even though it was kind of pathetic how she kept on obsessing over her ex, I think a lot of us, men or women, have done that.I also love Meryl Streep, because she reminded me of my step mom. She accepts her new boy's children into her house, but ends up with more than she bargained for. I loved her scene with her agent and how her new book would be a flop, "Your lead male's name is Bob?", "I think Bob is a beautiful name!" and her breaking down was just perfect. The husband got what he deserved and you just kept of rooting for Rosanne. It's a guilty pleasure that more people take it for.6/10

Meryl Streep as an actress is in a league of all time greats and a legend in her lifetime. In She Devil (and this is a must watch movie ) she has performed a role at odds with her persona with grace and panache.The fast aging author unhappy without a man in her life is played to perfection. The scene in which Meryl Streep is just getting out of bed and mistakes the dog licking her toes for the man in her life is exceptionally well played.She uses her fully clothed behind to communicate the frustration so exceedingly well it is a scene which stays firmly etched in the mind.It is great to see the movie breaking typecasts and stereotypes and unravels like a fairy tale the female version of David taking on Goliath.