Bedazzled 2000

Critics score:
49 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Ebert & Roeper: Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: It offers a diverting couple of hours at the movies. Read more

Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: Consistently funny. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Outrageous fun. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: So over the top you'll either enjoy it or be bothered and bewildered by it. Read more

Houston Chronicle: A lively, generally amusing remake. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: [Hurley and Fraser] make this film a whole lot better than it should have been. Read more

Steve Daly, Entertainment Weekly: A little more script work, at the very least, should have gone into the manufacture of the black comedy Bedazzled. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Not only is this film persistently unfunny, but it is consistently uninvolving. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It is lacking in wickedness. It doesn't smack its lips when it's naughty. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: I think retooling Bedazzled relies most significantly on getting just the right devil, and you couldn't come up with a more perfect Luciferess than Elizabeth Hurley. Read more

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: Fraser and Hurley are terrifically matched for their interplay, and some of the writing is so smart it outclasses the film's cartoonish feel and occasional foray into hokey special effects. Read more

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Joe Leydon, Variety: Much of the writing is genuinely clever, and the really big laughs are ignited with crowd-pleasing frequency. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Brendan Fraser is one funny, mixed-up guy. And as Ms. Lucifer, the new scourge of Fraser's life, Elizabeth Hurley crackles with sexy sarcasm. Read more