New This Week
Critics & Publications
Archives: A-Z Index
Advanced Search

Upcoming Release Calendar
Awards & Bests By Year
All-Time High Scores
All-Time Low Scores
How Metascores Are Calculated
Discuss Film In Our Forums

sort by name

sort by score

38 12 Rounds
xx Baby on Board
xx Bob Funk
62 Cherry Blossoms
38 Confessions of a Shopaholic
38 Crossing Over
38 Dark Streets
58 Defiance
45 Fanboys
31 Fired Up
37 Forever Strong
34 Friday the 13th
72 Gran Torino
47 He's Just Not That Into You
47 Inkheart
52 International, The
45 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
50 Madea Goes to Jail
51 Morning Light
51 My Bloody Valentine 3-D
29 New in Town
28 Nobel Son
40 Outlander
39 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
56 Phoebe in Wonderland
36 Pink Panther 2
xx Powder Blue
69 Revolutionary Road
20 Spinning Into Butter
17 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
64 Thousand Years of Good Prayers, A
63 Tokyo!
74 Two Lovers
56 Valkyrie
91 Waltz with Bashir
22 What Goes Up

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

Coyote Ugly
Buena Vista Pictures


6.5

based on 29 reviews
Read critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

based on 31 votes
Read user comments
Rate this movie

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
WRITTEN BY:	Gina Wendkos
DIRECTED BY:	David McNally
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: January 16, 2001 Video: January 16, 2001 Theatrical: August 4, 2000
RUNNING TIME:	100 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...

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

As shallow as a shot glass.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

A rather likable and very sweet-spirited story.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

It's amazing how far a movie can go on nothing but speed and directness.

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

Meant to be appreciated solely for its gleaming surfaces.

Film.com Tom Keogh

An authentically spirited popcorn movie.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

Doesn't display a single deep thought, or even a middlingly profound one.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

There is a reason to see the movie, and that reason is Piper Perabo.

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

Failed feminist statement or not, Coyote Ugly is a likable, if confused film.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Welcome to the brave new world of slut-chic cosmetic feminism.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

Doesn't have what it takes to be truly terrible.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The bar scenes are the only reason to sit through this jello shot of a movie.

Variety Robert Koehler

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

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Plays out like a raunchy episode of "Felicity."

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Completely false, manipulative, exploitative and insulting.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

Such an utter piece of fluff so conceptually barren it might as well be a music video.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Should appeal to anyone who likes films as mushy and unsurprising as baby food.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

It's soft-core pap for horny boys and their hornier dads.

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

A bad movie for connoisseurs of the genre.

Miami Herald Sara Wildberger

The bar scenes do make for a great, although brief, package.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

There's no limit to Coyote Ugly's crass shamelessness.

Film.com Robert Horton

It probably helps to be loaded while you're watching this movie.

TNT RoughCut Susannah Breslin

Miss Piper single-handedly destroys what could have been a competent little movie about chicks being naughty and getting ahead.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

I liked Coyote Ugly better when it was called "Flashdance," although I didn't like it very much then.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

A weaselly little thing.

LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

A work of top-shelf schlock.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Another piece of phony uplift from producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

Looks like a big-budget version of a Miller's Genuine Draft commercial.

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

I'd rather eat ball bearings.

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Cinematic flat-lining.

The average user rating for this movie is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 31 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

AP gave it a0:
I had the misfortune of believing the movie would improve as it neared the end. I was wrong.

Chris K. gave it a5:
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.

Natalie B. gave it a10:
This film is ace!!!!

Vee gave it a 0:
The only thing that looks even remotely interesting is the bar - if you haven't seen it before. otherwise - a shallow, boring, unrealistic and unfunny piece of crap. i can't believe i actually wasted my money for a cinema ticket to go see this.

Pat C. gave it a 3:
Gives coyotes a bad name.

Amanda C. gave it a 9:
It was really good and adam garcia is HOTT!

Chris S. gave it a 0:
Selling sex and beer, how pointless can you get?

Coyote Ugly Buena Vista Pictures

Coyote Ugly
Buena Vista Pictures