Not that the idea behind the film is a bad one. Nicky also has a hunchback. Nicky is dispatched by Dad to bring his brothers back, and as soon as possible. You see, the longer they are astray in New York, the longer Satan will deteriorate. Before Nicky leaves, Dad has already lost one of his ears.
Time is of the essence.
The humor here is obvious and scattershot. For example, Satan's idea of eternal damnation for Adolf Hitler is to dress him up in a French maid's costume and sexually assault him daily with a huge pineapple. Another joke has New York turning out to be more hellish than Hell itself. Only Patricia Arquette, as Nicky's love interest, and Allen Covert, as his gay roommate, stand out because they're the opposite of everyone else here. And Reese Witherspoon does a fun bit as Nicky's mother, a Valley Girl angel who has gotten over Satan and now has a thing for God.