Bedazzled

You can almost see the executives sitting around the table: "So, what can we remake next?"  Some bright spark says, "Hey, does anyone remember that old classic with Dudley Moore and Peter Cooke, Bedazzled, where Cooke plays the Devil and gives Dudley Moore seven wishes in exchange for his soul?"  After some encouraging "Of course I've seen it" remarks from some who have obviously never even heard of the film but didn't want to look like they weren't 'in the know', the bright spark says, "But this time, we could have a woman play the Devil!  Why not Elizabeth Hurley?  She's hot and a bit naughty!  And we could have Brendan Fraser play the Dudley Moore part!"  "Brilliant!" they cried!  And that's how this movie got green lit (well probably!)
Anyway, a lot of people panned this movie (those that loved the original and those that hadn't but didn't want to let on that they hadn't and half of these people hadn't even seen this version!) but it's really not as bad as everyone made out.
Brendan plays a complete dweeb who wants the good looking chick at work and The Devil overhears him and offers to exchange seven wishes for his soul, which he agrees to.  Trouble is, being the Devil, she's a bit of a bitch and every wish gets twisted to Brendan's disadvantage!  The set pieces are uncomfortably funny; a Colombian Drug Lord (good!), an over-sensitive man (annoying), a 'huge' basketball player (hilarious) and a successful writer (very cruel but brilliant!  In fact this joke makes the movie!).  When things are looking their worst, God is there to save him.  While he doesn't get what he wants, he gets what he needs.  Isn't that what we all want?
I didn't mind this and actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would.  Brendan Fraser does a great job of inhabiting all these different characters and Elizabeth is HOT as The Devil.  A good bit of fun! 6/10