NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

WakenPayne It seems that if you compare it to the remake then it would seem like the remake tried something new with it - so I will spend some of my review comparing what I can of this to the remake.First off Peter Cook REALLY got into the role of The Devil - it seems that through the writing it would be like he was more portraying a mischievous guy that can do magic other than Satan. Dudley Moore wasn't as good as Brendan Fraiser was - every wish that Dudley's character did almost was the exact same person whereas with Fraiser you can tell a huge difference in his characters at every turn.I have heard of where the jokes are still funny after decades, this is an example although I don't think I would be as amused if I was even alive at that time let alone saw it when it came out.I did like how the wishes were unpredictable of what the lead character chose - regardless of the fact that I saw the remake FIRST. Unlike the remake the best wish was the last one, I thought the trampoline act was bizarre - what made it bizarre for those who don't know was the fact that it takes place in a nunnery (how the wish went wrong was also disturbing and sick).But the question on everybody's mind is my opinion on "Is this better than the remake" the answer is "No" this certainly is not better but how can anybody compare this to it's remake - the remake is one of the few that brings new cards to the original concept yet doesn't destroy the original (or in other words the remake respects this) there are a few things wrong with both movies but no movie's perfect. I might offend people who like this and hate the remake (and vise versa) but this is all my opinion.Decent entertainment, remake is just as good as the original.

Neil Welch Peter Cook and Dudley Moore worked together in a variety of media for a long time. Their double act was extremely successful on stage and TV (and also on long playing record) where the sketch format was used: this format suited them. Their movie work was far less successful, and I suspect that a large part of this was because what worked in sketches was much more difficult to sustain for a whole movie.The first joy of Bedazzled is that, like Monty Python's Holy Grail, it pulls off the trick of hanging a series of sketches in a linking narrative so that the fact that it is, essentially, a feature length sketch show is cleverly disguised.The second joy is that the linking narrative - an updating of Faust, whereby Dudley Moore's loser griddle cook is put through the mincer by Peter Cook's amiable but merciless devil - works perfectly, as do most of the episodes illustrating Moore's wishes.Although this is very much a product of the era in which it was made, it is still a very good film, and repays the time spent in watching it.

bkoganbing Bedazzled finds Dudley Moore as a short order cook at a Wimpy's in London trying his best to score with the lovely Eleanore Bron who comes in every day for an order. He'll do just about any old thing to make it with her and when you say that, you know that old Scratch will come up from the bowels of the earth to offer you a deal for your soul.But Moore doesn't give up that easy in fact he worms seven different chances with this girl and as the devil his partner Peter Cook comes up with a loophole every time. I have to give Moore credit, he negotiates like a Philadelphia lawyer, but Cook is up to each and every one. The way he gets out of the seventh and last is one for the books.Starring along with Moore and Cook is the city of London in the Sixties when because of the Beatles it was the pop capital of the world. For those who want a look at London back in the day, Bedazzled is definitely the film for you.The only other American on this film besides director Stanley Donen is Raquel Welch who plays the deadly sin of lust personified. And I can't think of anyone better for that time period.There is some physical comedy in Bedazzled, but the real treat is watching Moore and Cook fence for Moore's soul. It's the Faust theme with a real comic twist. Tab Hunter should have only been this cagey with Ray Walston in Damn Yankees.Moore and Cook did quite a few films together before splitting in the late Seventies. Dudley Moore of course had far greater success as a single than Peter Cook did. Then again this side of the pond did not see that much of Cook. The team did a lot of British television together that we in America never were privileged to see. I'm told some of those programs are classic. Bedazzled is yet another classic for them that is available and should be looked at.

Sandcooler I'm not that familiar with the works of these comedians and I'm not going to find out more but this movie's pretty good. It's a funny, silly movie with funny, silly dialogues and a funny, silly plot, though it's pretty dated. There are some jokes that work and then the rest that kind of makes you go "heh". The story is interesting enough though, and I especially like how the wish sequences are kept short and to the point. Main guy asks for something, things go well for two seconds, then he finds out how the devil screwed it up again, lives with it for a while for the hell of it and then back to square one. Then yet another wish with a stupid obvious loophole. Meanwhile the devil causes all kinds of annoying stuff, being called while you're in the bath, working on parking meters, we've all seen mediocre stand-up comedy. It's all very kind comedy, except for some unexpected stabs to politics. They mock religion enough to make the fanatics angry (I mean they DO mention it), but it's all good and harmless. Oh and Raquel Welch is in this looking all good, but she gets so little screen time it should be a crime. I enjoyed the viewing, but it isn't sensationally good.