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2000 MOVIE: BEDAZZLED. (Top 5 Reviews)
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BEDAZZLED follows a computer company worker who makes a deal with the Devil to receive seven wishes in exchange for his soul so he can pursue the woman he loves, though the Devil twists the spirit of each wish to frustrate him.
A remake of the 1967 British film of the same name, written by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, itself a comic retelling of the Faust legend.
Directed by Harold Ramis
Screenplay by Larry Gelbart, Harold Ramis, Peter Tolan
Produced by Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O’Connor
Release dates: October 20, 2000
Running time 93 minutes
Budget $48 million
Box office $90.3 million
TOP 5 BEDAZZLED MOVIE REVIEWS:
#1) Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
Charming Fraser Faustian tale with lots of sexual innuendo.
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/bedazzled
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#2) Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Hurley is great fun to watch, a Faustian powerhouse of curves, smoky eyes and big hair who sounds exactly like Jackie Collins doing an imitation of Madonna’s pan-European accent. It’s creepy, but effective.
http://www.weekinrewind.com/2007/10/bedazzled-movie-review-dvd-review-2000.html
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#3) Rob Gonsalves
Rob’s Movie Vault
Decent enough entertainment as written, though many will regret the movie’s eleventh-hour detour into pieties.
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#4) Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire
Has its flaws, but the laughs keep coming at a steady clip — and in a slight comedy such as this, that’s what matters most.
http://splicedwire.com/00reviews/bedazzled.html
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#5 – VIDEO MOVIE REVIEW:
Nitpick Critic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRwau4FxgJA
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2000 MOVIE: Meet the Parents (Top 5 Reviews)
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“Meet the Parents” stars Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, a nurse who suffers a series of unfortunate events while visiting his girlfriend’s parents (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner). Teri Polo stars as Greg’s girlfriend, and Owen Wilson stars as Pam’s ex-boyfriend.
Directed by Jay Roach
Screenplay by Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
Story by Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke
Based on Meet the Parents (1992 film)
Produced by Nancy Tenenbaum, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro
Starring
Robert De Niro
Ben Stiller
Blythe Danner
Teri Polo
James Rebhorn
Jon Abrahams
Owen Wilson
Release date
October 6, 2000
Running time 108 minutes
Budget $55 million
Box office $330.4 million
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TOP 5 MOVIE REVIEWS:
#1 – Wendy Ide
The Times (UK)
It’s just that it’s the kind of comedy that’s as likely to have you gnawing your fist in an agony of embarrassment as it is to make you laugh.
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#2 – Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Meet the Parents isn’t as funny as There’s Something About Mary, nor as outrageous. But it confirms that Ben Stiller is the best of today’s young practitioners of frustration comedy.
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#3 – Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
Star-driven comedy at times offensive and funny.
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/Meet-Parents.html
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#4 – Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
Alas, poor Focker. He can’t help himself. And we can’t help ourselves from falling about, equally helpless, at this superbly antic movie.
http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=105903
#5 – VIDEO MOVIE REVIEW
“Meet the Parents” stars Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, a nurse who suffers a series of unfortunate events while visiting his girlfriend’s parents (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner). Teri Polo stars as Greg’s girlfriend, and Owen Wilson stars as Pam’s ex-boyfriend.
Directed by Jay Roach
Screenplay by Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
Story by Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke
Based on Meet the Parents (1992 film)
Produced by Nancy Tenenbaum, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro
Starring
Robert De Niro
Ben Stiller
Blythe Danner
Teri Polo
James Rebhorn
Jon Abrahams
Owen Wilson
Release date
October 6, 2000
Running time 108 minutes
Budget $55 million
Box office $330.4 million
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TOP 5 MOVIE REVIEWS:
#1 – Wendy Ide
The Times (UK)
It’s just that it’s the kind of comedy that’s as likely to have you gnawing your fist in an agony of embarrassment as it is to make you laugh.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/whats-on-tv-and-radio-tonight-friday-february-9-bcfbtwrtp
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#2 – Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Meet the Parents isn’t as funny as There’s Something About Mary, nor as outrageous. But it confirms that Ben Stiller is the best of today’s young practitioners of frustration comedy.
https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2000/10-06/0076_weekend_movies__little_guy_agains.html
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#3 – Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
Star-driven comedy at times offensive and funny.
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/Meet-Parents.html
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#4 – Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
Alas, poor Focker. He can’t help himself. And we can’t help ourselves from falling about, equally helpless, at this superbly antic movie.
http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=105903
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#5 – VIDEO MOVIE REVIEW:
https://www.youtube.com/@CinephileStudios
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Q&A After Screening: FANTASY Toronto August 2025 Festival
Question & answer session after the festival screening with filmmakers from the August 28, 2025 festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.
Conversation with directors:
- Miguel Ángel Vives Ponzanelli Onámuh
- Enrico Ferri Midnight Coachmen (with actors Michael Lake & Sarah Spencer
Onámuh, 22min., Mexico
Directed by Miguel Ángel Vives Ponzanelli
Onámuh, a humanoid marked by past abuses, searches for resources to survive. Árret, a deity of the earth, helps him and takes him to her lair, where Onámuh finds the energy he needed. However, his need turns into an addiction, leading him to abuse Árret and make her his prisoner. As the environment rapidly deteriorates, Onámuh must make a fatal decision due to his accumulated guilt.
Midnight Coachmen, 18min., Canada
Directed by Enrico Ferri
A reimagining of the classic fairytale of Cinderella, told from the perspective of a dog and mouse who live as humans until the stroke of midnight disrupts their world.
HIGHLIGHTS: August 2025 FANTASY Festival
A terrific festival where every single film showcased received multiple votes for BEST FILM. Each film is the best of the best of FANTASY films from around the world in the last year.
BEST FILM: Midnight Coachmen
BEST PERFORMANCES: A Princess’s Plea
BEST MIRO-SHORT: Paraland: The Prologue
BEST VISUAL DESIGN: Porcelain
BEST STORY: Dwindle
BEST DIRECTION: Onámuh
PORCELAIN, 16min., UK
Directed by Tim Wildgoose
Porcelain is the story of ‘Child’ – A street urchin who leaves behind the cold streets of a disparate city to discover mystery and wonder within the walls of the Porcelain makers mansion.
https://www.instagram.com/fnordcorps/
A Princess’s Plea, min., USA
Directed by Brooke Thornton, Madison Hubler
Princess Circe awaits in her tower when Vince Davenport, crown prince of a rich kingdom, comes to claim her as his wife. But with the beast left unslain and the princess left unimpressed, Vince’s quest takes a dark and unexpected turn.https://www.instagram.com/aprincesssplea
Onámuh, 22min., Mexico
Directed by Miguel Ángel Vives Ponzanelli
Onámuh, a humanoid marked by past abuses, searches for resources to survive. Árret, a deity of the earth, helps him and takes him to her lair, where Onámuh finds the energy he needed. However, his need turns into an addiction, leading him to abuse Árret and make her his prisoner. As the environment rapidly deteriorates, Onámuh must make a fatal decision due to his accumulated guilt.
DWINDLE, 17min, USA
Directed by John M. Broadhead
A young woman, traveling alongside her blind father in search of a new life, discovers that his chilling stories about an ancient forest creature will threaten their relationship in unforeseeable ways.
http://www.reflectionfilmsllc.com/
Paraland: The Prologue, 4min., USA
Directed by Patrick McCarthy
Paraland is an animated fantasy series about a trio of heroes who must unite the 12 incredibly different races of the land to keep the nation from falling apart. All while battling terrifying monsters, otherwordly calamities, and enduring the Gods’ twisted sense of humor.
https://instagram.com/paralandrealms
Midnight Coachmen, 18min., Canada
Directed by Enrico Ferri
A reimagining of the classic fairytale of Cinderella, told from the perspective of a dog and mouse who live as humans until the stroke of midnight disrupts their world.
https://instagram.com/stanleywoodfilms
Turning 48 Today: Elden Henson
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- I’m a movie nerd, and when I’m really looking forward to something coming out, the less I know, the better.
- If you meet someone on the street that likes something that you did or likes the way you brought this character to life, that’s really rewarding. That’s really cool.
- I loved movies, growing up. They brought me so much joy.
- I’ve always wanted to meet Robert Downey, Jr. because I think he’s awesome.
- I’m great at fake typing but in real life terrible.
- You never want me in a position to have to think. That’s bad.
Turning 46 Today: Marin Ireland
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- As actors, you like to think about the luxury of having choices in your career, but for the most part you kind of take whatever comes your way and hope that you carved out something that you’re proud of in the end.
- I’ve been really lucky because when I go out to L.A. it’s for a job, not to look for a job. That’s the way I like L.A. most – when I already have a job.
- Usually, I end up being the frumpy or mentally challenged or in ‘Reasons to Be Pretty’, regular. Or a weirdo. I play a lot of weirdos.
Turning 53 Today: Cameron Diaz
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- We have a voice now and we’re not using it. Women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. If you think rape should be legal then don’t vote. But if you think you have a right to your body and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote.
- My Latin roots are very strong. All my life, because I’m blonde and blue-eyed, people who aren’t Hispanic can’t believe I am. And people who are Hispanic always think I’m not, because I don’t look like them. Being Latin is part of who I am and I bring that part to every role.
- “What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don’t have, is just love what we do have.”
Interview with Filmmaker Louis Rémillard (Folie Glacée
Folie Glacée, 11min., Canada
Directed by Louis Rémillard
Eli et Vincent se commandent une collation à la crèmerie locale sans s’attendre aux horreurs qui ruineront leurs rendez-vous en amoureux
Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
It all started with me and my friend, who’s the director of photography on the film, hanging out in Montreal. We both got ourselves ice cream cones and as we were eating them, walking around, the idea of the story kind of came to us as a joke at first. I thought about it for a moment, and I ended up telling myself it would make a fun screenplay. I came up with the idea of the ice cream vendor being ill intended and serving contaminated ice cream and he suggested the idea of the couple being on a date. So I owe it a lot to my friend’s encouragement and believing in my story once the screenplay was finally done. We were excited to make something that would be wacky, fun and horror since it is a genre we both liked very much.
2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
As it is for most passion projects, everyone was either working their full time job or started working on other projects. The crew was mostly composed of my newly graduated classmates so it was a dance of work-fun balance.I think it took about six months of production but since it was all done in free and voluntary time, those six months were spreaded throughout a whole year.
3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
Wacky and bloody!
4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
It was definitely having to shoot the film almost entirely at night. Scheduling became complicated because I wanted everyone on deck, comfortable and up to work. Having to rest throughout the day and having to shoot everything before sunrise became particularly challenging for the biological clock. We did everything possible to make the experience as fun as it could be and playing with fake blood, making scary scenes definitely contributed to the good ambiance on set. Although it was challenging, we have good laughs to look back to.
5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
All of those compliments definitely made me blush! Sincerely, I received compliments in the video about aspects of the film that I wanted people to experience and enjoy. Since it was my directorial debut, I was doubtful it had landed. Thus I am very grateful to learn it’s a mission accomplished.
6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
For as long as I can remember, whenever I was asked as a kid “What do you want to do when you grow up?”, my answer was always “I want to make movies”. Of course, being so young, I had no real conception of what the process of filmmaking looked like but I was always drawn to the power of fiction and knew I wanted to express myself with that art form. Though, what motivated me to actually pursue that path was finding the confidence of fighting the stigma in my mind that artists are useless or broke. Living off your passion can look daunting when the time to choose a field of study comes but I think I wanted to make little kid-me proud.
7. What film have you seen the most in your life?
In theaters, most likely Oppenheimer. I think I went to see it six times in theaters. As for at home, probably any Sam Raimi movies. Both his superhero flicks and, more importantly, his horror flicks.
8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?
I thought it was unfortunate I couldn’t attend the private screening as I have yet to see my own film on the big screen. Other than that, the team was super welcoming and helpful to promote my film. The audience feedback video is an excellent idea and it makes the festival experience all the more fun. I think it would be even more helpful and interesting to receive feedback from the jury in the form of a video as well or in written form.
9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
As it was my first short film and first time submitting to a festival, I found the FilmFreeway platform to be very intuitive and welcoming.
10. What is your favorite meal?
Unironically, ICE CREAM !
11. What is next for you? A new film?
I definitely intend to keep trying my hand at making horror movies. It is a genre I cherish a lot, I would at least keep implementing horror tropes in my filmography. That being said, I am currently writing a western horror short film that I hope to produce very soon. I am also developing a half-documentary, half-fiction short film based on a true story. I can’t say much about this one just yet as it is still in very early development but although it will mostly be a comedy, I fully intend on having scary horror scenes in that one too. Those are the two projects I am currently focused on.
Interview with Filmmaker Heloisa Cardosa (SUBMERGED)
SUBMERGED, 14min., Brazil
Directed by Heloísa Cardoso
A young woman waits for her lover for a secret trip. However, he does not show up and does not respond to her messages. That’s when strange and inexplicable events begin to happen in her house. She asks for help from her lover, who ignores her. Realizing that she is hopelessly alone, she gives up waiting for salvation and surrenders to her own shadow.
Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
The relationship depicted in the film mirrors one I personally experienced, involving ghosting and psychological abuse. This type of relationship is also portrayed in my novel Glass Casket (Caixão de Vidro).
2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
I came up with the idea for this film in 2021, began shooting in 2024, and completed the editing in 2025 — a process that took four years from start to finish.
3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
Creepy / Unsettling
4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
The biggest challenge was definitely the low budget. Some ideas had to be discarded, and many others were modified.
5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
I was really moved by the feedback overall, but especially when viewers picked up on my references — like David Lynch and The Ring.
6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
I’ve been a theater artist since childhood and have dedicated my entire life to the stage. It was only during the pandemic, with theaters closed, that I realized my writing and directing skills could also be applied to film — and when I started studying it, I fell in love with the audiovisual language.
7. What film have you seen the most in your life?
I’ve watched many horror films over and over throughout my life, but the last one I rewatched five times was Pearl.
8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?
I think the overall festival experience was very satisfying — with the film screening, awards, interviews, and feedback. If I could add one thing, it might be a free review.
9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
The experience on the platform was great — very practical and intuitive.
10. What is your favorite meal?
I’m a vegetarian, so any meal without meat makes me very happy. But I have a special liking for pizza.
11. What is next for you? A new film?
I am adapting my novel Glass Casket into a feature film — it also explores a psychologically abusive relationship. I’m also writing a new novel about psychiatric hospitalization.
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