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Bedazzled
20th Century Fox Film Corp.
FILM:
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
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Peter Cook (story)
Peter Cook
Dudley Moore
Larry Gelbart
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Harold Ramis
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 13, 2001
Video: February 27, 2001
Theatrical: October 20, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
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.

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.

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.

70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Fraser is one funny, mixed-up guy

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.

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.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Inferior remake.

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.

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.

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.

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.

50
Film.com
John Hartl
A dumbed-down remake.

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.

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.

50
Film.com
Tom Keogh
What the film doesn't have, ironically, is a soul.

50
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Well crafted and mindless in the best Hollywood tradition.

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.

40
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A mite sluggish.

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.

38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
The opposite of memorable.

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.

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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