Bedazzled

Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark

Something of a featherweight, but it's also a positively divine comedy.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Outrageous fun.

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.

San Francisco Examiner Walter Addiego

The ending is a disappointment, a perfunctory upbeat gesture.

Variety Joe Leydon

The 2000 version is louder, broader and much, much bigger.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Fraser is one funny, mixed-up guy

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.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

The important thing is that Hurley looks smashing in her succession of red outfits.

Miami Herald Sara Wildberger

It's a cute and clever good-vs-evil parable.

USA Today Mike Clark

There's no real dazzle in Bedazzled.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

It's like your appendix - you'll never even miss it.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Quite enjoyable on its own terms.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Inferior remake.

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.

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

It's nowhere near as funny, largely because of an exhaustingly hyperactive performance by Elizabeth Hurley.

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.

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.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

Should sell its soul for a joke.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Walking out of the screening, I was thinking: Elizabeth Hurley for girlfriend, Courtney Love for Satan.

Film.com John Hartl

A dumbed-down remake.

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.

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.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Quite funny and eye-catching.

Film.com Tom Keogh

What the film doesn't have, ironically, is a soul.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Well crafted and mindless in the best Hollywood tradition.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

The clothes are worth it; nothing else is.

Entertainment Weekly Steve Daly

A little more script work, at the very least, should have gone into the manufacture of the black comedy Bedazzled.

Washington Post Rita Kempley

A mite sluggish.

Time Richard Corliss

The skitcom format soon becomes tiresome.

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

Though amusing from moment to moment, is erratic, unfocused and uncertain where it's going.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

The opposite of memorable.

Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan

A temptation that can be easily and safely resisted.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Hardly lives up to its name -- bedeviled is more like it.

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.