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Bedazzled (2000) Rank 2 Reviews
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Film Monthly (Andrew Lewicky)
Despite its considerable strengths, Bedazzled is a surprisingly flat comedy. Both Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley shine in their roles as lonely tech-support geek and Satan, respectively. Fraser's various character renditions--including an ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Film Monthly (Andrew Lewicky)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Blunt Review with Emily Blunt
Well, it's a Brendan Fraser movie - what do you expect? It's pure fluff. He's the Meg Ryan of men. The boy next door who's quirky cute. Then, when he shaves and throws on an Armani, you'd sell your soul for a single serving portion of the man steak sub ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Blunt Review with Emily Blunt
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Quite enjoyable on its own terms. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
It's quite enjoyable on its own terms. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Peter Berger (--)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
PreViewed DVD
Sometimes the "idea" of a movie can be better than the movie itself. When I say idea, I mean a particular concept (say a trip to Mars), or a particular cast pairing (e.g., Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt). If you're lucky, the concept or cast chemistry flies ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at PreViewed DVD
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
El resultado final pudo haber sido mucho mejor, de no ser por el meloso final con todo y mensaje moralista de que cada persona debe de estar contenta con quien es en realidad ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Film.com (Tom Keogh)
What the film doesn't have, ironically, is a soul. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Film.com (Tom Keogh)
Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
Brendan Fraser should stop playing the dopey oaf. It comes across as dumb, especially how over-the-top he's playing the role in this particular movie. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
It's nowhere near as funny, largely because of an exhaustingly hyperactive performance by Elizabeth Hurley. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
It might not measure up to the 1967 original, but now Satan's got sooty pussycat eyes and a kitten-cruel smile. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Well crafted and mindless in the best Hollywood tradition. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Much of the fun, most of the satire, and all of the wit have been removed, leaving us a light, sanitized, pale imitation of the original. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Killer Ducky (--)
Boston Herald (James Verniere)
Globe and Mail (--)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Walking out of the screening, I was thinking: Elizabeth Hurley for girlfriend, Courtney Love for Satan. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Film.com (John Hartl)
A dumbed-down remake. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Film.com (John Hartl)
New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
This updated version has the good sense to star Brendan Fraser, who is shaping up as one of our finest romantic-comedy stars. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
If Fraser keeps up with performances such as these, he may have a bright future in comedy after all. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Bedazzled is a series of assembled miscalculations. Things that Ramis thinks are funny - such as sweat pouring in rivulets off a basketball player's face - don't work, and the saccharine sweet ending strikes the wrong note. Of course, one ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
From director Harold Ramis, the man behind such well-liked laugh-generating vehicles as Caddyshack and Groundhog Day, comes Bedazzled, a supposed comedy that doubles as a study in mediocrity. Not only is this film persistently unfunny, but it is consisten ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
What the hell
is going on in Hollywood? It seems like we can't get a break from
movies that in one way or another deal with the devil. Back in August,
Kim Basinger made a strong argument in favor of revoking ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
DigitalVD.de (Christian Schmidtchen)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
There truly is nothing quite like a Brendan Fraser movie, is there? Encino Man, Dudley Do-Right, Mrs. Winterbourne... these are the films that a generation uses to mark the passage of time.
It's nigh time we added another sparkling gem to the ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
ShowBIZ Data
20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises Present a Trevor Albert Production. A Harold Ramis Film. Produced by Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis; Executive produced by Neil Machlis; Written by Larry Gelbart, Harold Ramis, Peter Toland; Directed by Harold ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at ShowBIZ Data
The Movie Chicks
Elliot Richards (Brendan Fraser) works at a computer company as a technical support person. Basically, he's a geek. He is one of those guys who has trouble making friends, even among other computer geeks. None of his co-workers want to hang out ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at The Movie Chicks
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
The Devil made him do it, and the Devil's a gorgeous she in a revealing red dress. "Bedazzled" is a story about a desperate computer geek who signs away his immortal soul in exchange for seven wishes, which all center around him and a girl from his ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Watching "Bedazzled," I was reminded of the ancient newspaper legend about the reporter sent to cover the Johnstown Flood. "God stood on a mountain top," he wrote, "and saw what his flood ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
GamePro.com ("Star Dingo")
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Bedazzled (2000) is a light, little movie that entertains on a very shallow level, but never reaches beyond that. If you want to see the same movie done really well, rent the original. On the other hand, if you just want to see Elizabeth Hurley in a ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
There are a few laughs in the film, and it's not grating on the nerves. It's a slight, meaningless little movie that drags on too long but provides a medium amount of entertainment. It's not bad enough to belong in hell -- but I'll be damned (get ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Edward Johnson-Ott
"Bedazzled" should have been a corker of a movie. A loose remake of the wellregarded 1967 comedy written by and starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, the story of a love struck loser who sells his soul in exchange for seven wishes is serviceable enough. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Edward Johnson-Ott
Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
The problem with seeing two movies in one day - back to back nonetheless - is that one is always going to overshadow the other. Today, while trying to sit through Bedazzled, I hoped that the next movie, Best In Show would be better. While sitting ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Bedazzled – yet another remake of a film that you’d never have thought deserved to be remade – lives up to the first rule, but fails abysmally on the second. It just isn’t all that funny, and the dry spells between laughs are so long that it’s ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Entertainment Weekly (Steve Daly)
A little more script work, at the very least, should have gone into the manufacture of the black comedy Bedazzled. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Steve Daly)
Movie Marshal (Jason Szabo)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
If only the movie had the excitement of Hurley's wardrobe. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Funny as Fraser is, he can't eliminate those extraneous stunts and special effects, he can't turn a series of scenes into a coherent whole, and he can't steer the film away from its sappy, programmatic ending. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
ShowBIZ Data (--)
Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Though amusing from moment to moment, is erratic, unfocused and uncertain where it's going. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
The opposite of memorable. ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Brendan Fraser was surprisingly funny in George of the Jungle, a film that was much smarter than its dumb brand of humor would have you believe. Fraser is more than capable of delivering a damn good comedy. But, uh, wow, is Bedazzled deadly ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Why mess with a good thing? That's the resounding question raised by this Hollywood remake of the 1967 Dudley Moore-Peter Cook British comedy gem. All remakes, in fact, should arouse healthy suspicion at the outset. If, however, the viewer leaves the ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Reel Movie Critic (George Singleton)
Hurley is attractive, but not innately sensuous. She changes clothes more often than she does in a Parisian fashion show. Her British accent wears thin with just too much posing and rolling of the eyes. What's called for here is some slick and twisted ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Reel Movie Critic (George Singleton)
Reel.com
Ramis' Bedazzled may be preferable to sitting home alone on a Friday night continually hitting yourself over the head with a hammer — but not by much. Rent Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Rent George of the Jungle. Rent the original ...read the complete Bedazzled movie review at Reel.com
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