2000, PG-13, 93 minutes

If you've already seen the trailer for Bedazzled, watch it a few more times and you'll have no need to see the actual movie. The ad campaign promises a film with an interesting premise, as well as Elizabeth Hurley in a number of revealing outfits; and while both of these promises are adequately fulfilled, the movie offers very little else and is extremely disappointing.

Elliot (Brendan Fraser) is anything but your typical guy. He's basically a geek who wants to fit in, but is as obnoxious as humanly possible in his attempts. Then... he meets the devil, who happens to be disguised in the body of Elizabeth Hurley. They hop over to her office (in a Lamborghini Diablo, of course), sign the contract, and the deal is done: she gets Elliot's soul, and he gets seven wishes. Of course, when you cut a deal with the devil, things aren't likely to turn out the way you expected. So Elliot wishes to be rich, powerful, and married to his dream girl Alison (Frances O'Connor). The result: he becomes the leader of a drug cartel. Good stuff. However, what follows is the same thing over and over again, and it becomes less and less funny each time. By the end of the movie, the joke is over and we aren't laughing anymore... or at least I wasn't.

Despite the fact that I criticize this film for essentially being a "one joke movie," it could've worked if the gags had slowly progressed, each one outdoing and building upon the previous one. Unfortunately, it almost seems to be the opposite, as each skit decreases in humor, although they all have a few laughs. You know something is wrong with a movie when you could swap around a lot of the scenes and no one would no the difference. This is basically just an episode of Saturday Night Live guest starring Brendan Fraser.

Mentioning Brendan Fraser, he does a good job of providing an over-the-top performance. He really seems like a completely different character in each of the skits, but sadly his best work is in the first one. Elizabeth Hurley is decent as the devil, but then again, aside from over-stating a lot of her lines, all she really has to do is go up and down the catwalk in a bunch of skin-baring outfits and occasionally remind us that she's the "princess of darkness." Also, Frances O'Connor does a good job as the object of Elliot's desire.

What's ironic about Bedazzled is that it features a character who sells his soul, but at the same time features a story with no soul of its own. So... is this movie worth seeing? Well, here's a test: watch the trailer five or six times in a row. If you're still laughing by the sixth time, then you'll probably love the movie.