With Lost Souls and a re-release of The Exorcist, it seems that people can't get enough of the devil these days. Bedazzled runs Old Scratch up the flagpole once again--but this time it's played for laughs.

Veteran funny man Harold Ramis (director of Groundhog Day, Analyze This, and co-writer and co-star of the Ghostbuster films) directs and co-writes this story of a sweet natured guy (Brendan Fraser), who doesn't have any real friends. To top that off, the woman of his dreams (Frances O'Connor) doesn't even know he exists. Fraser gets the offer of a lifetime when the devil (sexy Elizabeth Hurley) offers him seven wishes in return for his soul. So basically, Bedazzled tells seven different stories, in the form of Fraser's wishes, and naturally none of his dreams turn out to be quite what he expected. (Selling your soul never works out worth a crap).

Bedazzled is certainly not the best comedy ever made, but it does offer several laugh-out-loud moments and a very likable comedic turn by Fraser. In fact, Fraser's appeal is what really makes the film work. Hurley is a beauty to behold, but the story isn't really about her. Most of the big laughs in the film belong to Brendan.

Screenwriters Ramis, Peter Tolan (Analyze This) and Larry Gelbart (Neighbors) don't conjure up anything very complicated. This is a very loose screenplay and much of the film seems improvised. Gelbart has tackled this subject matter before with the George Burns/John Denver film Oh God! (Thankfully Burns stuck to the sweater vests and and disdained the tight red leather.)

Ramis does nothing more than have a good time, and I actually liked this much more than his last film Multiplicity. On the other hand, my expectations weren't very high--the previews looked downright awful. As it turns out Bedazzled is an enjoyable little dance with the devil.