SummaryA hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
Directed By:Stanley Donen
Written By:Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
Bedazzled
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Generally Favorable
77
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5.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
77
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100
In films of this sort, too often the camera records the fun instead of joining in it. However, that is certainly not the case in this magnificently photographed, intelligent, very funny film.
100
Bedazzled is a biting, mischievous and witty satire of the highest order.
75
This is director Stanley Donen's spotty but superior original -- made before Dudley Moore's superstardom but after his and co-star/co-writer Peter Cook's Beyond the Fringe stage glory. [06 Apr 2007, p.8E]
75
Cook and Moore brilliantly shift from character to character with just a change of voice (not unlike Peter Sellers), and the movie never flags.
70
Bedazzled is smartly-styled and typical of certain types of high British comedy.
60
Good fun sometimes but a little too sketchy, with a plot that is almost as threadbare as the outfit worn by the voluptuous Raquel Welch in her cameo role as one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
50
Maybe the brand of British banter and buffoonery that Peter Cook and Dudley Moore bombard us with in Stanley Donen's Bedazzled would be very funny if it came in small bursts at not too frequent intervals in an expansive musical comedy or revue. But fired at you exclusively and endlessly for more than an hour and a half in this pretentiously metaphorical picture...it becomes awfully precious and monotonous.
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Jun 7, 2023
3
The attempt at providing a "meaning of life" type film falls flat due to the shortcomings in the acting of Cook and the lackluster script which has more hells than heavens throughout. There are some high points in the musical acts sprinkled throughout but the dialogue does not stand the test of time. We discuss this movie further in Episode 8 of our podcast 15K+ Random Movie Reviews on all audio platforms (and Youtube!).
