Product: Coyote Ugly [VHS]
Rating: 3.0
This film may be `ugly', but I wouldn't gnaw my arm off to get away!
I know that the movie is kind of (okay, a lot of) stupid, but there is something about this movie that I really like. Oh, yeah, that would be the likes of Piper Perabo, Izabella Miko and Bridget Moynahan scantily clad, dancing on a bar with booze. Yeah, that's what I like so much about this movie.The plot behind `Coyote Ugly' is rather predictable and generic. Violet wants to be a big music star but she has to fight her nerves to finally get noticed. She shops around her demo tapes but that's kind of pointless. When she's finally destitute she starts bartending at this crazy bar where girls act like strippers for major tips. She's green, and pretty bad at it, but she's hot and so the owner (a pretty grounded and authentic Maria Bello) allows her to flub up as long as she keeps trying, and she does, and supposedly dancing on tables gave her the courage to face her biggest fears and just sing her heart out.Well, her boyfriend has to turn off the lights first.Like I said, this film is rather stupid, but it embraces that stupidity and makes up for it with layers and layers of fun. The sensuality is all over the place, in a good way. The film totally capitalizes on the draw of the actresses (I'm so glad that Jessica Simpson didn't get Perabo's role, but I'm saddened that this was basically the beginning and end of Perabo) and uses their bodies to an extreme.If you've never been to a Coyote Ugly, I urge you to make the trip; it's fun!Bello and Perabo and Goodman actually pull in really nice performances here. Moynahan and Miko don't have a lot to do outside of be really hot, and they master that (especially Miko), so job well done. Adam Garcia is pretty bad here. I wish that Melanie Lynskey could get more work. I love her, and she is SOOO talented (watch `Heavenly Creatures', NOW!). She has yet another thankless supporting role here. Why is it that the less conventionally attractive girls get shafted in this industry?Tyra Banks makes me laugh, but not because of this movie.All in all, I totally recommend this movie. I mean, it's a ton of fun, and you can't go wrong with honky tonk, stripper action in bars (and the whole meaning behind the bars name is just genius).