With Lost Souls and a re-release of The Exorcist, it seems that people can't get sufficiency of the devil these years. Bedazzled runs Old Scratch up the flagpole once again--but this time it's played for laughs. Veteran funny gentleman's gentleman Harold Ramis (director of Woodchuck Day, Analyze This, and co-writer and co-star of the Ghostbuster films) directs and co-writes this story of a sweet natured guy (Brendan Fraser), who doesn't have any real friends. To top that off, the woman of his dreams (Frances O'Connor) doesn't even know he exists. Fraser gets the offer of a lifetime when the prince of Darkness (sexy Elizabeth Hurley) offers him seven wishes in return for his soul. So basically, Bedazzled tells seven different stories, in the form of Fraser's wishes, and naturally none of his dreams turn out to be quite what he expected. (Selling your soul never works out worth a crap). Bedazzled is certainly not the best comedy ever made, merely it does offer several laugh-out-loud moments and a very likeable comedic turn by Fraser. In fact, Fraser's appeal is what really makes the film influence. Hurley is a beauty to behold, but the story isn't really about her. Most of the big laughs in the film belong to Brendan. Screenwriters Ramis, Peter Tolan (Analyze This) and Larry Gelbart (Neighbors) don't conjure up anything very complicated. This is a very loose screenplay and much of the film seems makeshift. Gelbart has tackled this study matter before with the George Burns/John Denver film Oh Graven image! (Thankfully Burns stuck to the sweater vests and and disdained the tight red leather.) Ramis does nothing more than have a good time, and I actually liked this much more than his last film Multiplicity. On the early hand, my expectations weren't very high--the previews looked downright awful. As it turns out Bedazzled is an enjoyable little dance with the devil.
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