Bedazzled

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Bedazzled

1967

1h 44m

Comedy

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Stanley Moon (Dudley Moore) is a bumbling short-order cook, infatuated with Margaret (Eleanor Bron), the statuesque waitress he works with at Wimpy Burger in London. On the verge of suicide, he meets George Spiggott (Peter Cook), the devil, who, in return for his soul, grants him seven wishes to woo the challenging Margaret. Despite the wishes and the advice of the Seven Deadly Sins, including Lilian Lust (Raquel Welch), Stanley can't seem to win his love and shake the meddling Spiggott.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

The film is bright, inventive, and pointed -- one of the finest and funniest comedies of the 60s.

Sep 27, 2022

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Maybe the brand of British banter and buffoonery that Peter Cook and Dudley Moore bombard us with in Stanley Donen's Bedazzled would be very funny if it came in small bursts at not too frequent intervals in an expansive musical comedy or revue.

Sep 15, 2022

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Charles Champlin

Los Angeles Times

Cook and Moore perform wittily and engagingly but you do wish that Donen or someone had, at a point, saved them from themselves. It gives deviltry a bad name.

Sep 15, 2022

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Penelope Mortimer

Observer (UK)

Stanley Donen makes the whole amateur bag of tricks look lovely, which somehow makes it worse. Messrs Cook and Moore, both experts on an 18-inch screen, have patently sold their souls to the devil.

Sep 15, 2022

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Jack Helsel

Philadelphia Daily News

Bedazzled is witty and well done, pardon the pun, a helluva funny adult comedy.

Sep 15, 2022

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Stanley Eichelbaum

San Francisco Examiner

Disregard the shortcomings of Bedazzled and enjoy it for what it is -- a light, frothy entertainment done with great verve and charm.

Sep 15, 2022

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David B A

This is one of the great "comedies", as it confronts with a light touch, and a lot of entertainment, the classic struggle of an individual to find meaning in their life. Dudley Moore and the rest of the cast, including Peter Cooke and Raquel Welch, brilliantly portray the forces that drive humanity to various kinds of action, harmful or helpful. The ending scenes are especially profound and wonderful. I won't give away what they are, but stay alert if you decide to see the film, and you will hopefully feel the impact to which the entire film has been leading, inevitably.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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William R. P

Eleanor Bron not so hot 🙁

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/24/23

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Jan P

I suppose it's too smart for some, but I love his film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Ed M

Very clever movie. cook and Moore are great.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/02/22

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robert p

Much better than the second movie!!!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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This is one of my all-time favorite movies. The 2000 remake did a nice job, but Peter Cook definitely plays a better Devil. This is very much a "be careful for what you wish for" film. The Genie is Satan, but also your only friend once the comedic torture begins. As soon as the sloppily noosed and suicidally forlorn Stanley Moon (Dudley Moore) starts wishing for ways to get romantic with his co-worker, we see how the Devil makes that all backfire; from Moon being accused of date rape to him being cuckolded. Moon keeps wishing and tries to control the outcome with more specific wishes, only to have the Devil show him the door he left open. My favorite scene is when Moon becomes a pop star, and bursts on to the stage singing "LOVE ME!" to the screams of obsessed teens only to be thwarted by the Devil's latest pop sensation who is the complete opposite of such desperate cries for attention. The Devil is very much a monotone joyless-Joy Division-like Ian Curtis*, who sings the theme song: "I don't love you (You plug me in) Leave me alone (You switch me off) I'm self contained (You let me off) Just go away I'm bedazzled..." The Devil knows the fickle teen audience responds more to mysterious alienation than desperate cries for love, and it is so well done, you don't think the movie can go anywhere else...that is, until Moon becomes a trampolining Nun. Beautifully shot, constructed and conceived, I still go back to this one every couple of years I enjoy watching it so much. *Who would've been the sixties equivalent of Ian Curtis?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Synopsis

Stanley Moon (Dudley Moore) is a bumbling short-order cook, infatuated with Margaret (Eleanor Bron), the statuesque waitress he works with at Wimpy Burger in London. On the verge of suicide, he meets George Spiggott (Peter Cook), the devil, who, in return for his soul, grants him seven wishes to woo the challenging Margaret. Despite the wishes and the advice of the Seven Deadly Sins, including Lilian Lust (Raquel Welch), Stanley can't seem to win his love and shake the meddling Spiggott.

Director: Stanley Donen
Producer: Stanley Donen
Screenwriter: Peter Cook
Production Co: KirchMedia, Stanley Donen Films, New Regency Productions, Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 44m

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