Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
She-Devil is a darkly comic revenge fantasy with a memorable premise and a game cast including Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr, but it struggles tonally between broad satire and grounded drama. Streep delivers a flamboyant, committed performance that elevates the material, while Barr is serviceable but uneven. The cinematography is functional and unremarkable for the era. The plot follows a fairly predictable revenge arc without many surprises, and the ending feels somewhat anticlimactic given the escalating buildup. It doesn't carve out a truly distinctive identity despite its potentially sharp satirical premise.