Review – Bedazzled

Here’s a big budget Hollywood remake of an old Peter Cook and Dudley Moore movie about a guy who sells his soul to Satan, with Brendan Fraser as the hapless, lovelorn nebbish and Elizabeth Hurley as the Beastmaster (or is it Beastmistress?). The plot runs our hero through predictable paces, granting him seven wishes in exchange for his soul. Naturally they all go sour on him, teaching him that true happiness can’t be obtained by ... well, you know the rest. I guess as brain candy goes I’ve seen worse. At least the star power and production values provided a little entertainment value to this otherwise trite, predictable and (especially at the end) preachy bit of nonsense. Mildly amusing