History Film / Bedazzled2000

* LadyInRed: How the Devil first presents herself to Elliot, as she's HotAsHell.

In this version, Elliot Richards (Fraser) is a geeky and friendless office drone who is in love with beautiful co-worker Alison (Frances O'Connor), but is too shy to act on his feelings. After being ditched at a bar by his "friends", Elliot runs into a beautiful woman (Hurley) who tells him that she's [[{{Satan}} the Devil]] and offers him seven wishes in return for his soul. While obviously hesitant, he accepts in the hopes of using his wishes to make himself into the perfect man for Alison; HilarityEnsues.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: To avoid a reprisal of what happened with the previous wish, where Allison despised him, Elliot make sure to wish Allison loves ''him'' as well for his next wish as the world's most emotionally sensitive man. However, Elliot soon discovers that genuine love is not a bonafide guarantee that your lover stay with you if your flaws are too great. When Allison breaks up with Elliot, she says she really ''does'' love him, but she just can't put up with how irritating his oversensitivity is anymore.

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* SamusIsaGirl:In this movie, the titular Devil is a female.

** Before making Elliot a basketball player, The Devil makes him Creator/DennisRodman, with hat, heels, and pink boa, to his horror. Although she was [[JustJokingJustification just kidding]].

'''Allison''' You wanna know why Elliot?! Because you're just. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Too.]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Sensitive!]]'' I'm about to go out of mind. It's been wonderful, and God knows I love you, but ''enough is enough!'' I...[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys I just want to be with a man who will ignore me and take me for granted and who's only pretending to be interested in who I am and what I think so he can get into my pants.]]

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Margaret Spencer from the original wasn't necessarily ugly, but definitely more on the homely side, kind of like Stanley. Allison Gardner in the remake is definitely more of a looker out of our loser protagonist's reach.

* TheRemake: An Americanized and [[SettingUpdate updated]] one of the 67 original. For instance, instead of a raspberry ice lolly (the British term for a popsicle) as the trial wish, Elliot wishes in this version for a Big Mac and large coke.

* CoolCar: The Devil drives a Lamborghini [[{{Pun}} Diablo]] with a VanityLicensePlate reading "BAD 1". Elliot is very impressed when he sees the car.

-->'''The Devil:''' "Do you think I enjoy this? I'm stuck in this horrible job for eternity. Everybody hates me. When I try to help someone they turn on me like I'm supposed to be God or something! For your information, my life is a living hell!"

* VanityLicensePlate: The Devil's car has "BAD 1" on its license plate.

* LovingAShadow: {{Downplayed}}. Elliot spends most of the movie insisting that he knows Alison ("I know that she likes her bagels buttered, not toasted," "I know Alison is not really like that"), but in the end [[spoiler:after his CharacterDevelopment]], he has to admit that he doesn't know her, but he would like to get to know her.

* OhCrap: Elliot's reaction when he realises that the Devil granted his wish to be President by turning him into UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln on the night he's assassinated.

'''The Devil:''' Okay...sure...
--->'''Elliot:''' Ah...I want to be the most ''emotionally'' sensitive man...
--->'''The Devil:''' Damn, I was hoping you wouldn't catch that. I could have had a lot of fun with that one.

--> '''The Devil:''' "Do you think I enjoy this? I'm stuck in this horrible job for eternity. Everybody hates me. When I try to help someone they turn on me like I'm supposed to be God or something! For your information, my life is a living hell!"

-->'''Satan:''' "How would you like to make one simple decision that'll change your life forever?"\\
'''Elliot:''' "Okay, I'm glad Scientology works for you, but..."

--> '''Elliot:''' Why don't you wanna stay here with me!?\\

** After his next wish, she is a HotTeacher, complete with [[{{Meganekko}} glasses]] and a [[CatholicSchoolgirlsRule short plaid skirt]].

* {{Meganekko}}: The Devil when she portrays a HotTeacher.

* PantyShot: We get [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Ng3CsFEkqs/UExoyOGOjVI/AAAAAAAAB6A/G9dIM_JyFEk/s320/elizabeth_hurley_bedazzled_0IyQQyd_sized.jpg a delightful one]] from the Devil in a red dress in her office in Club [=DV8=].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: To avoid a reprisal of what happened with the previous wish, where Allison despised him, Elliot make sure to wish Allison loves ''him'' as well for his next wish as the world's most emotionally sensitive man. However, Elliot soon discovers that genuine love is not a bonafide guarantee that your lover stay with you if your flaws are too great. When Allison breaks up with Elliot, she says she really ''does'' love him, but she just can't put up with how irritating his over sensitivity is anymore.

'''Allison''' You wanna know why Elliot?! Because you're just. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Too.]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Sensitive!]]'' I'm about to go out of mind. It's been wonderful, and God knows I love you, but ''enough is enough!'' I...[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys I just want to be with a man who will ignore me, and take me for granted and who's only pretending to be interested in who I am, and what I think so he can get into my pants.]]

'''Allison''' You wanna know why Elliot?! Because you're just. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Too.]]
''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Sensitive!]]'' I'm about to go out of mind. It's been wonderful, and God knows I love you, but ''enough is enough!'' I...[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys I just want to be with a man who will ignore me, and take me for granted and who's only pretending to be interested in who I am, and what I think so he can get into my pants.]]

--> '''Elliot:''' Why don't you wanna stay here with me!?
'''Allison''' You wanna know why Elliot?! Because you're just. [[PunctuatedForEmphsis Too.]]
''[[PunctuatedForEmphsis Sensitive!]]'' I'm about to go out of mind. It's been wonderful, and God knows I love you, but ''enough is enough!'' I...[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys I just want to be with a man who will ignore me, and take me for granted and who's only pretending to be interested in who I am, and what I think so he can get into my pants.]]

* AdaptedOut: The personifications of the Seven Deadly sins, though the Devil in this version is [[CompositeCharacter just as based off of Lillian Lust as much as Peter Cook's depiction of the Devil from the original]]

* TheRemake: An Americanized and [[SettingUpdate updated]] one of the 'Film/{{Bedazzled 1967}}''. For instance, instead of a raspberry ice lolly (the British term for a popsicle) as the trial wish, Elliot wishes in this version for a Big Mac and large coke.

* TheRemake: More of a Reimagining really, taking the basic idea of a loser guy in love with an oblivious beauty being offered wishes by Satan, and then going its own way with it.