Eye candy only takes it so far

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2000)

This movie is not good. Not even close to good. The worst part is, I knew it was going to be this bad and I still went to see it. I guess that tells you something about my social life but don't get me started on that right now. I went in to this movie expecting to see a couple of scantly clad women jumping around on a bar and singing songs and dousing themselves with water, beer, whatever. And there was some of that in the movie. Which is a good thing. The problem with the Coyote Ugly is that the plot is so horribly bad that it made watching this movie extremely painful.
The acting is average at best. Piper Perabo does an ok job in what is really her debut performance, if you don't count Rocky & Bullwinkle and Single Spaced (where her character is named Giant Squid, really quite funny). Her acting and all-around cute-ness would have been much more noticeable if she didn't have to sing those friggin songs during the movie. The editing was so bad during those scenes that I thought maybe Cheh Chang stepped in for his artistic interpretation. Adam Garcia, Piper's love interest in the movie, actually came across as charming and all that good stuff. Maria Bello, the boss, was a little too forced. She tried to be a real hard ass but seemed to keep changing her mind. John Goodman, Piper's father, was the best in the movie. His character was believable and was the only one that you had any emotion for as the movie progressed.
To sum up, this movie was worse than the low, low expectations that I gave it. I guess that that is an achievement. Don't go and see this movie unless you have about 10 people with you and you can make fun of it.
Side Note: Keep an eye out for the terrifically bad rooftop jam session scene. Instant Classic