Product: Coyote Ugly [VHS]
Rating: 4.0
Solid teen movie with spice
Watching any teen movie these days is kind of like having to sit through a gruesome torture. This meaning that the one's that are any good really do make you sit up and pay attention. That doesn't mean to say that this film isn't full of the usual clichés - cute virginal girl lost in the big city finds her own sexuality and individuality among others.Still, it's fun. For one, it's quite blatant without being in the least bit taboo. Our heroine finds work in a bar, finding that travelling to New York to sell songs isn't all it's cracked up to be. Initial clumsiness turns to refined solidarity with the other girls that work there and she finds a nice boy who understands her plight.With the cringe-making story you may think that there's nothing good here. You'd be wrong. There are some great performances from John Goodman and Melanie Lynskey (of 'Heavenly Creatures' fame - give her more roles!) and great characters like the sassy owner of the bar. There's some nice throwaway comedy lines and the songs that the girl writes are good but believably unrefined - most are sung solo by her on her keyboard. The nice thing about it is that it's sweet without ever ramming it down your throat and you can sit back and relax knowing that everything's going to work out right in the end. Plus there's the piece de resistance where LeAnn Rimes struts her stuff across the bar singing the fantastic 'Can't Fight The Moonlight'.