richspenc There are good, a few bad scenes, and some copying from other films. Brendan is someone here who at first I wondered why he was such an outcast at work, but I started to see why after a few scenes. His co workers are definitely snobs but I started to see that when you're the kind of person who just cannot take a hint, and you keep leeching on to people no matter what they say, they will grow to dislike you. Also true in today's society that if you're always too cheerful and nice all the time, sadly people will start looking at that as bad. You need to show that you can sometimes be grumpy, critical, and a little bit of a jerk occasionally (just not too much) as well as happy and nice to make a whole picture look good to people on the social front. Brendan was also a doormat, and that's not good either. Brendan meets Elizabeth Hurly at a bar after being scorned by his co workers (seriously, I would've told them to go to hell if they kept treating me like that) and after failing to attract Alison, the girl he's been yearning for who has not been yearning for him back. Hurly is, bum bum bum bum, the devil, with a card to match. We get the whole charade of Brendan not believing her at first, her little visual tricks, and the sample wish, the big mac and coke ("I even had to pay for it", Brendan whined) to start convincing him, then we get the contract and seven wishes speech (of course she doesn't mention then that one of the wishes has already been used up, the big mac and coke. That revelation comes later, with Brendan not taking it too well). Branden gets to work on his wishes and we get the twist of every wish coming with a big problem. There is a definite copying of both the 1960s version of Bedazzled and Twilight zone episode "Man in a bottle". The first wish is wishing to be rich, when is that not someone's first wish in a wishing movie. The Columbian drug lord was a nice touch, the film makers in that scene did a good job making Brendan look like a different kind of person, and taller. The wish has him married to Alison, but her not exactly turning out happy about it and cheating on him to be with suave jerk Raul. Wouldn't any hot Hispanic girl pick Raul over him over Raul. Then Raul takes over the business and orders Brendan killed. Brendan barely escapes out of that wish with his life. The ultra sensitive guy wish scene was hilarious, with the way he cried harder every time he saw that sunset ("when is that darn thing gonna set!?"). This scene (and the ending with Alison ditching the crybaby to hook up with the beach jocks) again goes with my point that a girl will like a nice sensitive guy if he has a limit to it and can sometimes be a bit of a jerk, and tough. I liked the inbetween wishes scenes with Brendan and Hurley. I liked the scene right after the sensitive guy wish with him pointing out to her that he sees how she's ruining his wishes, the lines from Hurly in the scene where she's an exceptionally easygoing teacher, the scene in Alison's bedroom (Hurly to Brendan: "this is a place you would've never seen without my help"), and the scenes where they're arguing about how many wishes are left, and then where they're arguing about the last wish. There were a few not very good scenes though, such as the basketball wish (with Brendan flying through the air like that. Please. And his protrusive sweating was gross. And he says "you gotta give 110%" too many times.), the articulate wealthy guy scene is OK until the ending with the gay partner, and the Abraham Lincoln wish was stupidly made (Brendan looked ridiculous as Lincoln). That president wish was copied from Twilight zone "Man in a bottle" where the main character became Hitler (the character of that episode looked ridiculous as Hitler). There's also a copy from "Oh God, you devil" with Brendan going into the church and wanting to talk to God, the actual person, and then getting in trouble being considered crazy. "Bedazzled" all in all though was OK.

Red-Barracuda This Harold Ramis movie is a remake of a 60's cult movie which I have never actually seen. It's based on the Faust legend where we have a terminally annoying man who is in love with a girl who works in the same office as him but who barely knows he exists. After a humiliating encounter with her he inadvertently casts up the devil who grants him seven wishes in his quest to win the girl over. The set-up in this one results in a film with a very episodic structure. With the central character wishing to be different in various ways which leads him to be reincarnated as a South American drug lord, a man intensely in touch with his sensitive side, a colossal basketball player, a respected writer, and the President of the USA. The fun comes from the fact that the devil has sneaked in a catch to every new persona and this inevitably leads to disasters for the central character and some hilarity for us. And that's the thing, it's actually a genuinely laugh out loud funny movie on several occasions, some standout moments being the over-sensitive man unable to avoid crying at a sunset or the half-witted giant basketball player who can't seem to string a sentence together without saying 'pretty good' while sweat literally pours from his head. Brendan Fraser is key to the comedy here. He puts in a genuinely good comic turn in a role that allows him to play a variety of characters with the help of some amusing make-up.So far so good. But I thought I would devote the whole final paragraph to the actual best thing about Bedazzled and that can be described in two words - Elizabeth Hurley. Honest to goodness, her performance as the devil is so incredibly seductive its bordering on being criminal. This astronomically gorgeous woman pops up throughout the course of the movie in an array of mind-bogglingly provocative costumes (proving conclusively that it isn't just gay men who can appreciate excessive costume changes). Hurley puts in an extremely sexy performance without stripping off at all which was quite an achievement all things considered. I really like girls with English accents and Hurley's posh voice was simply the icing on this particular cake for yours truly. She isn't a gifted actress but she does all right with comedy roles and this one, needless to say, suits her down to a tee in every conceivable way. Despite its other good qualities, if you made the decision to watch this film for the sole reason of watching our Liz in full throttle, I would understand.

BA_Harrison Elizabeth Hurley, still best known for her '90s relationship with Hugh Grant, and Brendan Fraser, star of Furry Vengeance, team up for this 2000 remake of Dudley Moore and Peter Cook's acerbic 1967 comedy Bedazzled: it sounds like a recipe for disaster, but even though the style of comedy is far removed from the original, Bedazzled 2000 succeeds in delivering its fair share of laughs, as well plenty of sexiness courtesy of Hurley.Fraser plays social pariah Elliot, who finds it hard to make friends and can only dream of a relationship with the apple of his eye, work colleague Alison (Frances O'Connor). When Elliot says that he would do anything to have Alison in his life, the Devil (Hurley) seizes the opportunity and offers the luckless loser seven wishes in exchange for his soul. What follows is a series of comedic episodes that see Fraser adopting numerous different guises, allowing the actor to surprise the audience with his versatility (Fraser is almost unrecognisable at times), while Hurley is predictably wooden, but distracts the viewer by slipping into several very sexy outfits for the connecting interludes.Of course, the devil being the devil, none of Elliot's wishes go according to plan, which leads to some very funny situations for the hapless dork, all of which are confidently handled by director Harold Ramis. This being a Hollywood film, it all works out well in the end for Elliot, who beats the princess of darkness at her own game thanks to his selfless heart, before finding love, not with Alison, but with her dorky doppelganger who just happens to have moved in next door.6.5/10, rounded up to 7 for giving me the phrase 'small, wet, salty badges of emotional truth' and for Hurley's amazing array of hotter-than-hell get-ups, which include sexy nurse, sexy traffic warden, sexy cop, sexy teacher, sexy cheerleader, sexy bikini, sexy angel, sexy lawyer, and, in the deleted 'rock star' scene, sexy maid.

roberjruiz If you don't know the original movie from 1967, you may think this is a good film, with an original plot. But when you compare both movies, you will realize that one of them, the British one from 1967 is far better.Elegant English humor vs Brendan Fraser grimacing.A pitiful victim, played by Dudley Moore vs an always overacting Brendan Fraser.Cynic devil: Peter Cook vs sensual one: Liz Hurley (In the old movie, the devil is not so tempting, that's true, but you have "Lust", one of the seven capital sins, interpreted by a young an sexy Rachel Welch).And the ending: The cynic ending of the 1967 movie, when God childishly laughs at the devil, vs the typical Hollywood happy ending in the American version (Yes, he gets the girl).