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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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.

I haven't seen the 1967 original version of "Bedazzled", so I can't compare this 2000 version re-make to the original. With that in mind, I can say that this 2000 version is actually a fun and entertaining movie.The story is about Elliot (played by Brendan Fraser) whom is an overlooked guy desperate for attention and acceptance. When he runs into a very charming woman, who turns out to be the Devil (played by Elizabeth Hurley), he is given 7 wishes by trading his soul to the Devil. Can Elliot manage to find happiness, love and respect through his wishes? What works for "Bedazzled" is the hilarious situations that Elliot ends up in through means of his wishes, as the Devil tends to put a wicked twist on each wish, resulting in something other than what Elliot had hoped for.The cast were doing their part to make the movie work. And the two lead parts as played by Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley had great chemistry together and they both lifted up the movie quite well. Brendan Fraser was well-cast for the role of a dweeb character. While Elizabeth Hurley was no menacing Devil, she sure had the charm and sales pitch to pull off the role. And the supporting cast of Orlando Jones, Paul Adelstein and Toby Huss were also hilarious in their various roles throughout the movie.Director Harold Ramis had a great sense of comedy touch and "Bedazzled" bears witness to that quite well."Bedazzled" is a fun movie and a movie that can be watched more than once. I am rating it a solid six out of ten stars. If you enjoy comedies, then "Bedazzled" is worth sitting down for 93 minutes to watch.

Elliot Richards (Brendan Fraser) is lovesick, desperate, oblivious, eager to please, lonely and a doormat. He works at IT support. His coworkers avoid him. He's obsessed with Alison Gardner (Frances O'Connor) but she doesn't know him despite being in the same company for four years. The Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) offers him seven wishes in exchange for his soul.I really dislike Elliot right from the start. I wouldn't prank the guy but I can understand his workmates. I couldn't get away from him fast enough. Right from the start, this movie annoyed me and it never got me back. I find none of it funny. Brendan Fraser does a lot of fake makeup. However I never find any likability about his character. Even at the end, he goes nuts on his annoying workmates. From start to finish, I never like Elliot. I like the Devil more.

Big fan of original and thought I wouldn't like this because of that, but when I eventually saw it, I liked it. It restyles the wishes for a modern day audience and they were mostly very funny. My favourite was the sensitive boy, the funniest by a long way. The two dogs named Dudley & Peter was a nice little nod to the innovative original too.Hurley was surprisingly good in her role and having a Brit starring in it was a the right thing to do. Frazer is a very good versatile actor, always good at comedy. It's more OTT than the original and it didn't last the distance quite as well, notably sagging in the last third, I thought. The script is funny but not subtle and witty like the 67 film. That script had a lot of Peter Cook gems in and is worth watching just to see a different type of humour.The remake didn't murder it at all, like some have wrongly said. It was a quite different version of it for more in your face modern tastes. Stands up on its own well if you didn't see or want to see the original, making it a worthy remake project. Thought it missed a trick by not including the seven deadly sins in person as the original did, one of my favourite scenes of the 67 film, however it helps make both films quite different watches. Just choose the version to suit your mood.