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Coyote Ugly
Buena Vista Pictures
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sensuality
Starring
Piper Perabo,
Adam Garcia,
Maria Bello,
Tyra Banks,
and
John Goodman
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)
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Gina Wendkos
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
David McNally
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 16, 2001
Video: January 16, 2001
Theatrical: August 4, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
100 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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75
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
As shallow as a shot glass.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
A rather likable and very sweet-spirited story.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
It's amazing how far a movie can go on nothing but speed and directness.

50
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
Meant to be appreciated solely for its gleaming surfaces.
50
Film.com
Tom Keogh
An authentically spirited popcorn movie.

50
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Doesn't display a single deep thought, or even a middlingly profound one.
50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
There is a reason to see the movie, and that reason is Piper Perabo.

50
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Failed feminist statement or not, Coyote Ugly is a likable, if confused film.

50
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Welcome to the brave new world of slut-chic cosmetic feminism.

50
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Doesn't have what it takes to be truly terrible.
40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The bar scenes are the only reason to sit through this jello shot of a movie.

40
Variety
Robert Koehler
The latest and most calculated re-do on the formulaic fantasy of an innocent conquering Gotham.

39
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Plays out like a raunchy episode of "Felicity."
38
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Completely false, manipulative, exploitative and insulting.

38
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Such an utter piece of fluff so conceptually barren it might as well be a music video.
38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Should appeal to anyone who likes films as mushy and unsurprising as baby food.

30
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's soft-core pap for horny boys and their hornier dads.
30
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A bad movie for connoisseurs of the genre.

25
Miami Herald
Sara Wildberger
The bar scenes do make for a great, although brief, package.
25
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
There's no limit to Coyote Ugly's crass shamelessness.
20
Film.com
Robert Horton
It probably helps to be loaded while you're watching this movie.

20
TNT RoughCut
Susannah Breslin
Miss Piper single-handedly destroys what could have been a competent little movie about chicks being naughty and getting ahead.
20
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
I liked Coyote Ugly better when it was called "Flashdance," although I didn't like it very much then.

20
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
A weaselly little thing.

10
LA Weekly
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
A work of top-shelf schlock.

10
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Another piece of phony uplift from producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

10
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Looks like a big-budget version of a Miller's Genuine Draft commercial.

10
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
I'd rather eat ball bearings.

0
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
Cinematic flat-lining.


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