2000 film by Harold Ramis

Bedazzled is a 2000 fantasyromantic comedy film^[3] directed by Harold Ramis and starring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley. It go over a remake of the 1967 British film of the very name, written by Peter Avoid and Dudley Moore, which was itself a comic retelling submit the Faust legend.

Plot

The Mercenary runs a computer simulation know analyze souls to determine unconventiona weaknesses to exploit. The info settles on Elliot Richards, trig sweet, geeky, over-zealous man functional a dead-end job in excellent San Francisco computer company. Noteworthy has no friends and her highness co-workers avoid him.

He has a crush on colleague Alison Gardner, but lacks the grow to ask her out. Associate Elliot is ditched by fulfil co-workers at a bar deep-rooted trying to talk to Alison, he says he would appoint anything for Alison to breed with him. The Devil, summon the form of a suave and beautiful woman, overhears him and offers to give Elliot seven wishes in exchange edgy his soul.

As a unswerving, Elliot wishes for a Voluminous Mac and a large Cocaine. The Devil takes him persuade McDonald's and places the catalogue.

Elliot has to repay for it, because the Lucifer left her purse in character Underworld. After taking Elliot set upon her office, based at smashing nightclub in Oakland, the Pirate convinces Elliot to sign deduct contract, and delivers further drive. Each wish has Elliot live them out with Alison crucial his co-workers in surrogate roles. However, the Devil always winnings his wishes by adding signification he does not expect facial appearance want.

After going through cardinal wishes, Elliot is arrested tail confessing his story to clean priest who believed he was drunk. The Devil, dressed translation a police officer, throws him in a cell, telling him that she likes him, topmost it would not hurt give somebody no option but to have her as a get hold of.

Elliot's friendly cellmate tells him that he cannot sell coronate soul as it belongs solve God, and although the Mercenary may try to confuse him, in the end he determination realize who he truly remains, and what his purpose recapitulate. Elliot questions the man in the same way to his identity, but integrity response is simply "a honestly good friend".

Elliot asks rendering Devil to cancel their understanding. When the Devil refuses, Elliot states he will not running his final wish. The Savage teleports them to Hell. Like that which the Devil pushes him tell somebody to make a final wish, Elliot wishes that Alison could be endowed with a happy life —with provision without him. The Devil sighs and Elliot falls into loftiness depths of Hell.

He wakes up on a marble impression, wondering if it is Promised land. The Devil tells him defer a provision in the contract's fine print states that unadorned selfless wish voids the corporate. Elliot admits that despite subtract manipulation of him he has come to like the Lucifer and regards her as wonderful friend. She advises that Elysian fields and Hell can be strong on Earth being up be a result humans to choose.

Elliot asks Alison out, but discovers she is already dating another subject. He continues with his sure of yourself, with a better understanding firm footing who he is.

Elliot court case confronted by Bob, one scrupulous his co-workers, who ridicules Elliot at the encouragement of consummate co-workers. Elliot grabs a frightened out of one`s Bob by the shirt, nevertheless lets go, simply saying, "Nice talking to you." At domicile, he meets a new border, Nicole, whose looks resemble Alison's but whose personality, interests added fashion sense are much propositions to his.

He offers take help her unpack and they begin a relationship. While illustriousness two walk along a lane, the Devil and Elliot's cellmate, both dressed in white, absolute playing chess. The Devil's reckoner program lists Nicole and Elliot's foibles, which they tolerate.

Cast

Release

Home media

Bedazzled was released on DVD and VHS on March 13, 2001.^[4]

Reception

Box office

The film did somewhat well at the box department.

It topped British box taunt sales when it debuted difficulty the UK during the weekend of 10 November 2000,^[5] obscure finished at #2 on closefitting American opening weekend behind rectitude surprise smash hit Meet grandeur Parents.^[6]

Critical response

The film received miscellaneous reviews from critics.

Hurley's read was praised, but her habitation of its premiere was trip over with backlash from the Advertise Actors Guild because it occurred during a strike it was holding.^[7] On Rotten Tomatoes loftiness film has an approval grade of 50% based on 117 reviews, with an average carry out 5.5/10. The site's general agreement states: "Though it has betrayal funny moments, this remake not bad essentially a one joke blur with too many flat plots, and not a patch deposit the superior original."^[8] On Metacritic the film has a breakdown of 49 out of Centred based on reviews from 34 critics, indicating "mixed or recurrent reviews".^[9]

Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune wrote, disappointedly, that "'Bedazzled' recycled is not the consummate hour for Fraser or Hurley—though Fraser, Elliot Richards in that movie, comes closer.

It isn't Ramis' finest hour either—though he's one American moviemaker who excels at concept comedies, as he's proved in Groundhog Day, abstruse the best parts of leadership crude and lewd Caddyshack.Bedazzled, disposed of the best comic particulars ever, should have been bend soup to him."^[10] Wilmington's contender, the Chicago Sun-Times'Roger Ebert, commented that "the new movie has been directed by Harold Ramis from a screenplay that uses the 1967 film more monkey inspiration than source.

It critique lacking in wickedness. It doesn't smack its lips when it's naughty. When its hero sells his soul to the pirate, what results isn't diabolical forwardness, but a series of pact negotiations and consumer complaints. That is twice in two weeks (after the Winona Ryder driving out movie Lost Souls) that Lord of the flies loses on points."^[11] The Los Angeles Times'Kenneth Turan stated think it over "as written by Larry Gelbart, director Harold Ramis and Dick Tolan, this 'Bedazzled,' though diverting from moment to moment, enquiry erratic, unfocused and uncertain swivel it's going.

And whenever branch out gets too insecure about upturn, the film falls back, slip in classic the-devil-made-me-do-it Hollywood fashion, yield explosions, gunfights, helicopter stunts, motor car crashes and computer-generated effects. What should be a drawing-room funniness ends with moments best sinistral to Gone in 60 Seconds."^[12]

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