Product: Coyote Ugly [VHS]
Rating: 2.0
Coyote... Ugly!!!
"Coyote Ugly" is one of those wonderfully bad Disney movies. How did Disney manage to market a movie about a girl who finds fame&fortune; in a dive bar as a scantily clad beer wench? It boggles the mind! Tyra Banks herself stars as Zoe,who's leaving the bar to pass the bar exam (she may select America's Next Top Model,but apparently she can be a lawyer too) Piper Perabo is the lead,Violet,who has dreams of songwriting. She lives with her concerned father,John Goodman.Violet comes to the Coyote Ugly,an urban cowboy bar where "strong women" order men around,wearing not much of anything. Maria Bello (before she was Viggo Mortensen's hot wife in A History of Violence),tells her to be "available,but not too available." Violet falls for an Aussie. There's some passionate lovemaking in front of cardboard cut-outs--I'm not making that up. The course of true lust never does run smooth. There's mistaken identity,a relationship crisis... but in the end,Violet lives the American Dream.**SPOILER ALERT** In the end,Violet triumphantly sings her song atop the bar with LeAnn Rimes."Coyote Ugly" is the family-friendly,toned-down "Showgirls." It's good,bland fun! Watch it with Mariah Carey's tour de force,"Glitter" about empowered woman in the world of fame!