Just another teen movie

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2006)

Whilst not the most original of ideas, Coyote Ugly works well for what it is. A movie for teenage girls (and guys who come to perve on the gorgeous Piper Perabo).
Violet, a shy singer from New Jersey moves to New York to become a songwriter. Along the way, she pulls a job at a bar called Coyote Ugly where she learns to make drinks, as well as singing and dancing suggestively for the male clientÃ¨le.
Whilst it is very predictable, with the romance, curing of stage fright and eventual triumph at open-mike night, Coyote Ugly manages to insert a bit more humour and heart than average. Maria Bello as Lil, owner of Coyote Ugly does an excellent job (I loved her explanation of what Coyote Ugly means) whilst Violet is less insipid than most heroines.
I'm a fan of LeAnne Rimes, so the inclusion of her songs works great, although I would have liked for the dubbing job they did on Perabo to not be so obvious.
Adam Garcia (as Kevin) was bland and boring, and even the 'tragic past' they gave him failed to warm me up to him at all, but it could have been worse.
Better than I expected, but not great.