great entertainment

Rating: 7/10 (10 December 2001)

Personally, I loved this movie! It was funny, entertaining, uplifting and had a great soundtrack. However others I talked to didn't think it was nearly as great, and maybe it's no great masterpiece but it is a really fun film. The story revolves around Violent Stanford (perfectly played by newcomer Piper Perabo), a small town girl who moves to New York to be a songwriter, but finds out its not as easy as it sounds. In New York, Violet gets a job at Coyote Ugly, a wild bar where the women dance around in skin tight clothes and pour water on them selves. As dirty as that sounds its actually not. There is no nudity and the dancing isn't that sexual, something that probably disappointed all the drooling men who went to see it in the theatres expecting another Showgirls. In fact the advertising for this film is quite misleading, there are only 4 main scenes that take place in the bar, the rest of the film focuses on Violet's struggling career, her romance with a dish washing Australian, and her father's disapproval with her job.
Coyote Ugly was produced by that maker of masterpieces, Jerry Bruckheimer, and has drawn many comparisons to his 80's hit Flashdance. If you ask me though, this one is much better. The direction is slick, the stars are hot and the story is entertaining. See it.