Product: Coyote Ugly [VHS]
Rating: 3.0
My take on Coyote Ugly
When saw this movie with a big group of people, the reception was mixed. My take is that it's as light and easy-to-swallow as a souffle. It's fairly cute, occasionally clever, occasionally bad, never tries to reach for a level of dramatic depth, and succeeds within its own limitations. The story is fairly hackneyed but painlessly rendered. Violet (Piper Perabo) moves to New York to become a singer-songwriter, instead finding herself as a provacative bartender at the Coyote Ugly bar, whilst falling in love with an Australian fry cook (Adam Garcia). I prefer this movie infinitely over other Jerry Bruckheimer creations. It is much better than Flashdance, a similar-themed story.True the acting isn't Oscar-worthy and some of the dialogue falls flat, but what was this movie trying to do? Entertain. And it succeeds enormously.A guilty pleasure.(extra note: this DVD provides one of the most entertaining commentary tracks with the cast doing a relay on each scene with joyful glee).