This will hardly bedazzle moviegoers hoping for a few wicked laughs. Fraser plays an overly eager nebbish who strikes out socially every turn at bat. But he keeps coming to the plate anyway. He signs, and for his first wish, he wants to be rich, powerful and married to O'Connor's character. That each wish will go seriously wrong is, of course, predictable.
Nothing springs from character and everything from situation.
And neither Fraser nor the viewer gets any sense of who this dream girl is or what she wants in a man. But the in-between bits with Fraser and Hurley contain amusing comedy and genuine sexual chemistry. Hurley's Devil turns up in a series of drop-dead gorgeous outfits ranging from seductive red dresses and snakeskin and furs to garbs for a nurse, metermaid, schoolteacher and cop. She is a cross between the Village People and a supermodel, and the wonder is that Fraser's character doesn't abandon his pursuit of his wan co-worker to spend eternity burning in hell with Hurley's Devil. The acting is perfunctory in all but the two key roles.