Product: Coyote Ugly [VHS]
Rating: 3.0
The bar was cool
The best part of the movie was the bar. The music and the dancers made the movie a lot of fun. I just could not take my eyes off of Cammie (Izabella Miko) -- probably physically the least attractive of the dancers but has a great smile, tons of energy and confidence, and is a very seductive dancer. I was less enamored with the lead character, Violet (Piper Perabo), a small town girl with big dreams but is afraid to take chances (stage fright??). I personally found it difficult to root for her character but she is very pretty and innocent and fits into the role very well. I dug the look on her face after her suitor "Mr. O'Donnell" (Adam Garcia) deadpans, "It's 3 in the morning ... I want what every other man wants now." Speaking of Garcia, I thought he did a great job, at least until they neutered his character about 2/3s in. "I'll fire you Walt!"Overall, when the focus isn't on the bar though, the movie really struggles. It isn't so much the cliches involved, it's just the writing. It would have been nice to see Violet gradually gather the confidence needed to succeed from her time at Coyote Ugly and with her friends, to see her gradually develop into a city girl, and naturally reconcile with her father rather than have it all occur spontaneously when the plot demands. To be honest the plot gave me a headache. But overall, it's a fun movie if you don't expect much, worth a rental at least.