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27 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 29 Critics What's this?

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5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 37 Ratings

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  • Starring: Adam Garcia, Piper Perabo
  • Summary: Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford (Perabo) heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. (Touchstone Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 29
  3. Negative: 17 out of 29
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    It's amazing how far a movie can go on nothing but speed and directness.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    There is a reason to see the movie, and that reason is Piper Perabo.
  3. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    39
    Plays out like a raunchy episode of "Felicity."
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 8 out of 21
  1. NatalieB.
    10
    This film is ace!!!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. ChrisK.
    5
    The film's interesting. The story behind the bar with musicians who manage to make a living one way or another. Half of the movie is probably covered in booze and bras, but that's how most people see it. There are some lessons to be learned, I take that back... a few lessons here. It's worth a rent, just not a buy.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. hoops2448
    0
    Coyote Ugly is one of those movies that hides behind its feel good ending. The fact that everyone ends up happy at the end doesn't mean that the film isn't a sexist, overly long, overly shmaltzy piece of terrible cinema. Sure there may be some who consider the film a piece of female empowerment cinema (Zack Snyder probably) but in the real world its just a story about a girl who gets pushed into a corner and uses her 'feminine' ways to get herself out. The romance between Perabo and Garcia is empty as the two have no chemistry and the scripting is terrible. Its beginning to end a terrible film that I advise you to avoid. Unlike Sucker Punch this piece of female empowerment doesn't have some visually stunning fight scenes to fall back on, just a tepid love story and some uninspired music choices.… Expand
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