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Coyote Ugly (2000)
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Reviews Counted:94
Fresh:20
Rotten:74
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: Well, the women in this film are incredibly attractive and flaunt that fact quite a lot. Unfortunatly, that's all there is to the film. The script is almost as big a joke as the charactors, and everything else follows the same path. If you're looking for a tease then see this flick, otherwise stay as far away as possible.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In COYOTE UGLY, an aspiring songwriter, Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo), leaves her small-town home and her supportive father (John Goodman) for New York City in hopes of starting a music career. But... In COYOTE UGLY, an aspiring songwriter, Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo), leaves her small-town home and her supportive father (John Goodman) for New York City in hopes of starting a music career. But life in the big city is harder than she imagined. Feeling defeated, and unemployed, she hears about a job opening at a bar called Coyote Ugly, and persuades the bar owner, Lil (Mario Bello), to give her a chance among the bar's beautiful brigade of bartenders. When Violet arrives for work the bouncer tells her it's a quiet night, but when she goes inside the bar she is hit by a wall of throbbing music and howling men. Two women are atop the bar, pulling a customer back over it, pulling up his shirt, and pouring beer on his chest. Welcome to COYOTE UGLY. How will Violet deal with the bar? How will it deal with her? What of her songwriting plans? Inside this raucous, raunchy movie, coproduced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (FLASHDANCE), is a sweet romance between Violet and Kevin (Adam Garcia), a refreshing escape from the chaos of the bar. [More]
Starring: Piper Perabo, Tyra Banks, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello
Starring: Piper Perabo, Tyra Banks, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Melanie Lynskey, John Goodman, Izabella Miko, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Weston, Vincent Schiavelli
Director: David McNally
Director: David McNally
Screenwriter: Gina Wendkos, Jeff Nathanson
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman
Composer: Trevor Horn
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Reviews for Coyote Ugly
The cast fleshes out the cliches exuberantly and with little irony, which is something of a relief.
There were certain aspects that I loved.... It had to do with hot, sexy women dancing on a bar in a wet T-shirt contest.
A movie about a bunch of effortlessly attractive, empty-headed people who manage to constantly have fun at even the most menial of jobs . . . give me some reason to care!
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January 01, 2000:
I'm left to wonder if this movie might end up seeming like Cocktail with girls instead of Tom Cruise. Not that that's an inherently bad thing. ![]()
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