“Bedazzled” undazzles the actors and plot
October 19, 2000
Bedazzled is a comedy about Elliot (Brendan Fraser), a geeky technical-support advisor with no friends, who is in love with Alison (Frances O’Connor), a co-worker that he has never spoken to but has been gawking at for four years.
With those famous words we all love to utter, “there’s nothing I wouldn’t give for…” Elliot meets the devil, (Elizabeth Hurley). She lures him into signing over his soul for seven wishes to win Alison’s love.
I didn’t like the movie as much that I thought I would have because I loved Fraser in “Encino Man,” “Blast from the Past” and “Still Breathing,” but this was not a good movie. It was a typical role for Fraser, but there was no solid storyline. The whole movie was about the seven wishes, how it goes wrong and the twists of the wishes were predictable.
Come on! How can you become rich, powerful and feared if your not a Columbian drug lord? The only genuine laughter I got from the movie was in the beginning five minutes when the Devil was pointing out sinners in the crowds of Los Angeles people. From an environmentalist who liters to a Catholic priest who cheats on his taxes.
The rest of the movie had mediocre scenes that made you laugh because it was supposed to be hilarious.
The movie had no real role for any of the cast members. The co-workers Elliot tries to befriend everyday, jumps from wish to wish as other roles to continue his wishes. It made the movie look like a low budget movie that could afford only seven cast members. The movies cost 55 million to produce.
Fraser usually plays the lonely guy that winds up on top at the end of the movie. However, his roles he took on when he made his wishes made me want to gag. Hurley played her role sexy and sinful by strutting around in scantly dressed red outfits. Isn’t that what she was casted for? To attract guys to the movie and not for her acting. Right?
Do not get me wrong. Hurley’s acting was not all that bad, but what she was wearing we would think she was getting ready to pose for the Victoria’s Secret Catalog. O’Connor seemed to have only a handful of lines, even though she was the one Fraser was giving up his soul for. Therefore, I have nothing to say or could say about her.
In the end, goodness always prevails. At any rate, it was weird how Fraser ends up with a different girl that looks just like the girl he almost sold his soul for.
This movie is worth seeing on home video or DVD. There maybe extra clips that is funny that did not make the final cut and because you’re a fan of Brendan Fraser, like I am.