Bedazzled (2000)

I got vaccinated in early May and this weekend was the first real interaction I've had with my entire friend group in over a year.  Obviously, I needed a practice run of how to be human again, so Bethany came over on Friday night and we watched Bedazzled.  She had never seen it before and since we're both Brendan Fraser fans, I thought it was only fitting.  Pleased to say it still very much holds up, mainly because of the chemistry between Hurley and Fraser.  If that pairing was stilted or off in any way, this whole movie would have fallen apart.  Originally watched 21 Jul 13.     Elliott Richards (Brendan Fraser) is a hopelessly dorky tech support geek with no friends and no life.  He has a huge crush on a girl from his office, Allison (Frances O'Connor) but has never had the balls to actually talk to her.  One night, after being laughed at by four of his co-workers, Elliott voices the longing that he would give anything to have Allison in his life.  What he doesn't know is that the Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) is listening and is about to make him the offer of his life:  seven wishes in exchange for his soul.

This movie remains one of my favorite takes on the Faust story.  Elliott's wishes and how they all go wrong are hilarious.  Elizabeth Hurley is smoking hot and mischievously adorable as she messes up this dude's life again and again.   And it has some of the cutest opening credits of any movie I've ever seen.  If you haven't seen it, give it a whirl.  It's a super-fun movie.