Bedazzled

Elliot Richards, a nerdy low-level technical advisor, makes a deal with the Devil (who happens to be a gorgeous woman) to fulfill his wildest dreams of becoming rich, powerful and sexy., Faustian comedy about the mishaps that occur when the Devil grants seven wishes to a lovesick divorcee in return for his soul. An office worker who harbours an unreciprocated crush on a colleague is approached by a princess of darkness with an offer. But when the young man is transformed into a plethora of characters, including a rock star and the US president, he discovers nothing is perfect. Based on Pete and Dud’s Sixties classic., Faustian comedy about the mishaps that occur when the Devil grants seven wishes to a lovesick divorcee in return for his soul. An office worker who harbours an unreciprocated crush on a colleague is approached by a princess of darkness with an offer of help. But when the young man is transformed into a plethora of characters, including a rock star and the US president, he discovers that nothing is perfect., How far will a man go to win the woman he loves? That’s the devilish question behind this satirical romantic comedy. Elliot Richards (Brendan Fraser), a low-level white-collar worker, has fallen in love with his co-worker Allison (Frances O’Connor), who barely knows he exists. Desperate to win her love, sad sack Elliot is approached by the Devil (Elizabeth Hurley), who offers him seven wishes in exchange for his soul. Elliot accepts, but none of his wishes works out quite the way that he had hoped; after transforming himself into a South American tycoon, a champion NBA basketball player, a famous author, the most sensitive man in the world, and even the president of the United States, Elliot discovers that the Devil has added a crucial loophole each time, and for all his troubles, Allison still isn’t interested in him. Directed by Harold Ramis, Bedazzled was adapted from the 1968 cult movie of the same name written by and starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore., Faustian comedy about the mishaps that occur when the devil grants seven wishes to a lovesick divorcee in return for his soul. The Princess of Darkness approaches an office worker harbouring a crush on a colleague with an offer to help in his failing advances. But as the young man is transformed into a plethora of characters, including a rock star and the US president, not one of his personas is able to get the girl., A nerdy office drone makes a deal with the Devil to win the girl of his dreams in this remake of the 1967 comedy., Harold Ramis directed this hilarious remake of the 1967 Dudley Moore-Peter Cook comedy about a nerdy office drone (Brendan Fraser) who makes a deal with the Devil to win the girl of his dreams. The luscious Elizabeth Hurley costars as Satan. Frances O’Connor, Miriam Shor, Orlando Jones., Harold Ramis’s remake of the 1967 original stars Brendan Fraser as Elliot Richards, the office nerd who might as well have the word ‘loser’ tattooed on his forehead when it comes to courting his colleague Alison Gardner. Then the Devil appears and offers the regular contract: the granting of seven wishes in exchange for his soul. What could go wrong? Well, everything, since the Devil’s job is to add a twist to the wishes so they never quite turn out as Elliot expects, as he discovers when each one takes a comic turn for the worse., Brendan Fraser is the computer geek who just wants to be loved. So Satan, in the shapely form of Liz Hurley, arrives to offer him the world, in return for his soul. A sexy remake of the 1967 comedy which starred Peter Cook and Dudley Moore., Harold Ramis’s remake of the 1967 original stars Brendan Fraser as Elliot Richards, the office nerd who might as well have the word ‘Loser’ tattooed on his forehead when it comes to courting fellow office worker Alison Gardner. Then The Devil appears and offers the regular contract; seven wishes for his soul. What could go wrong? Well, everything, since The Devil’s job is to add a twist to the wishes so they never quite turn out as Elliot expects as each wish takes a comic turn for the worse.