The ending is a disappointment, a perfunctory upbeat gesture.
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
VarietyJoe Leydon
The 2000 version is louder, broader and much, much bigger.
63
Miami HeraldSara Wildberger
Miami HeraldSara Wildberger
It's a cute and clever good-vs-evil parable.
63
USA TodayMike Clark
USA TodayMike Clark
There's no real dazzle in Bedazzled.
55
TNT RoughCutSusannah Breslin
TNT RoughCutSusannah Breslin
Better to wait for movies like Bedazzled on video and watch Fraser in the theatre when he goes back to playing with Gods and Monsters instead of the Devil.
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
It might be worth enduring the Limburger to see Fraser morph from freckled-faced Rod McKuen dweeb to seven-foot albino ball star and never miss a beat.
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
It's nowhere near as funny, largely because of an exhaustingly hyperactive performance by Elizabeth Hurley.
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Should sell its soul for a joke.
42
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
The clothes are worth it; nothing else is.
42
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
A little more script work, at the very least, should have gone into the manufacture of the black comedy Bedazzled.