Bedazzled

I have not seen the 2000 remake of Bedazzled for the same reason I never did see the Psycho remake - why mess with something so good.Dudley Moore as a short-order cook leading a life of quiet desperation and Peter... Full review

Cooke and Moore were possibly the finest comedians the UK has ever produced before Python and others followed Pete and Dud were the undisputed kings of the new cutting edge of comedy/satire in the UK.But always just under the surface... Full review

I first bought this movie on VHS in 1983 as an ex rental from a garage, if it wasn't worn out then it certainly is now and I probably remember every line in the movie, but for some reason I... Full review

I first saw the Hollywood remake of this movie a few years ago. I don't remember much about it, except for the fact that I wasn't really convinced by it. This evening however I saw the original version and I... Full review

If you have seen the Brendon Frazer / Liz Hurley version of "Bedazzled" I beg of you to check out the original version. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, an already famous comedy team brought their expertise to this film, a... Full review

Bedazzled just gets better as the years go by, and especially after the fiasco of the Liz Hurley remake. This version was written by and stars Pete 'n' Dud, with Eleanor Bron as the soppy Margaret Spencer, waitress at Wimpy's,... Full review

I did have high expectations going into this film, being a fan of Cook and Moore through what is available of "Not Only But Also", and several other Cook projects like the superb collaboration with Chris Morris, "Why Bother?" The... Full review

Just watched it again and this time I get it. Thirty-four years ago the script was over my head and I missed most of the double entendres. 1967 was a greatyear for them as censorship had just been slackened. The... Full review

"Bedazzled", mainly because it's not available on DVD (and even VHS in the UK), has become something of a cult in recent years. This is also due to the simple fact that its a very good film, a very mannered... Full review

This is one of my personal favorites. Stanley Moon (Dudley Moore), a down-and-out Londoner who has a miserable job at the local Wimpy Burgers and has the hots for a beautiful waitress named Margaret Spencer, tries to hang himself, but... Full review

However, that is certainly not the case in this magnificently photographed, intelligent, very funny film. Most of their material is based on "normal" situations: a sports interview, a world cruise, a routine police search for a whale lost in Brooklyn. ... Full Review

In fact, this is a film that Christians (or at least Catholics) should enjoy --....make Bedazzled a minor classic.....Unlike later wannabes (for example, any film in which Alanis Morissette played God - talk about instantly dated) Cook's screenplay is not only funny but smart....But it's Peter Cook's witty screenplay and performance that are most memorable....the Cook/Moore version is much better, and worth revisiting..... ... Full Review

The movie stretches for a happy ending, but until then Donen holds firm on the movie's black humor, allowing Cook and Moore's darkest impulses to ring true. Cook was tall and severe, while Moore was short and cuddly. ... Full Review

You'd think an industry in which selling one's soul is a standard practice could come up with a funnier comedy about the Faustian bargain. This remake of the 1967 Dudley Moore/Peter Cooke/Stanley Donen has little of the (overrated) original's subversive... ... Full Article

Stanley Moon (Moore), a burger-flipper in a London greasy spoon, has the hots for waitress Margaret (Eleanor Bron) but can't work up the nerve to choke out more than a few syllables to her. ... Full Article