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Bedazzled
20th Century Fox Film Corp.

Bedazzled reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 49 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.1 out of 10
based on 34 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sex-related humor, language and some drug content

Starring Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor, Orlando Jones, Miriam Shor, Paul Adelstein, Toby Huss, and Brian Doyle-Murray

Elliot Richardson (Fraser), a suicidal technical geek, sells his soul to Satan (Hurley) for seven wishes to turn his life around. The only catch -- she gets his soul.


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Peter Cook (story)
Peter Cook
Dudley Moore
Larry Gelbart
 
DIRECTED BY: Harold Ramis  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: March 13, 2001 
Video: February 27, 2001 
Theatrical: October 20, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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80
Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark
Something of a featherweight, but it's also a positively divine comedy.
80
The New York Times Dana Stevens
Outrageous fun.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Fraser and Hurley are terrifically matched for their interplay, and some of the writing is so smart it outclasses the film's cartoonish feel.
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75
San Francisco Examiner Walter Addiego
The ending is a disappointment, a perfunctory upbeat gesture.
70
Variety Joe Leydon
The 2000 version is louder, broader and much, much bigger.
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70
Washington Post Desson Thomson
Fraser is one funny, mixed-up guy
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63
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
As for Ramis, he's no Stanley Donen. He can make us laugh, but he can't make a movie dance.
63
Boston Globe Jay Carr
The important thing is that Hurley looks smashing in her succession of red outfits.
63
Miami Herald Sara Wildberger
It's a cute and clever good-vs-evil parable.
63
USA Today Mike Clark
There's no real dazzle in Bedazzled.
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63
New York Post Lou Lumenick
It's like your appendix - you'll never even miss it.
60
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Quite enjoyable on its own terms.
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58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Inferior remake.
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55
TNT RoughCut Susannah Breslin
Better to wait for movies like Bedazzled on video and watch Fraser in the theatre when he goes back to playing with Gods and Monsters instead of the Devil.
50
LA Weekly Ella Taylor
It's nowhere near as funny, largely because of an exhaustingly hyperactive performance by Elizabeth Hurley.
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50
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
It might be worth enduring the Limburger to see Fraser morph from freckled-faced Rod McKuen dweeb to seven-foot albino ball star and never miss a beat.
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50
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.
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50
Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Should sell its soul for a joke.
50
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Walking out of the screening, I was thinking: Elizabeth Hurley for girlfriend, Courtney Love for Satan.
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50
Film.com John Hartl
A dumbed-down remake.
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50
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.
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50
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Should have been a fun update on the 1967 Brit farce. Director/co-writer Ramis comes on too strong with the camper trickery.
50
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Quite funny and eye-catching.
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50
Film.com Tom Keogh
What the film doesn't have, ironically, is a soul.
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50
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Well crafted and mindless in the best Hollywood tradition.
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42
Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
The clothes are worth it; nothing else is.
42
Entertainment Weekly Steve Daly
A little more script work, at the very least, should have gone into the manufacture of the black comedy Bedazzled.
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40
Washington Post Rita Kempley
A mite sluggish.
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40
Time Richard Corliss
The skitcom format soon becomes tiresome.
40
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Though amusing from moment to moment, is erratic, unfocused and uncertain where it's going.
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38
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
The opposite of memorable.
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38
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
A temptation that can be easily and safely resisted.
30
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Hardly lives up to its name -- bedeviled is more like it.
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30
Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf
The new version by Harold Ramis trots out a load of bargain-rack gags, tarted up with pricey effects for the A.D.D. generation. Woe to those who cannot leave well enough alone.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

5002LM from gamespot gave it an8:
A great film, with a great cast. Liz Hurley, makes the devil steamy.

G.M. D.K gave it a 10:
The script is heaven and the fun wont stop.The most hugely entertaining film ive seen and ive seen them all.

Jeremy gave it a 6:
Even with a sitcomish script and a devil not mean enough, Brendan Fraser's good will almost makes this a good movie.

Navid gave it a 10:
Two words. Funny & Sexy.

Irene B. gave it a 10:
A fabolous laugh-injecting craft.. bravo for fraser!

Chilean Guy gave it a 10:
In this movie Liz Hurley gave Chile an earthquake... she's so hot, that we don't care about that.

[Anonymous] gave it a 9:
I thought that Bedazzled was really a good movie. Why people are bashing it, I have no idea. It's a great concept and it's hilarious, which is really all that matters in a comedy.

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