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Review: Coyote Ugly
by Kerry Douglas Dye

published 8/14/00

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Kerry Douglas Dye is LeisureSuit.net's Manhattan-based Senior Editor.



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the script was good. its stuck up here on my mind... the songs are exeptional... (ther's something wrong with my keyboard)

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Feb 21, 2009 at 5:04AM

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I probably should have hated Coyote Ugly. Everything about it is silly. Piper Parabo plays Violet, a girl who runs away to New York from New Jersey(!) to be a songwriter. She takes a run-down apartment in Chinatown and starts going from record company to talent agency trying to get someone to take her demo tape. Why she couldn't have just taken the train into the city from South Amboy a few days a week and done the same thing is never explained.

Desperate for cash, she lands a job at the country/western frat bar Coyote Ugly, downtown. I've never been to Coyote Ugly, but I've been to plenty of those types of bars, and they're a pain in the ass. A buddy of mine used to get me drunk and drag me to a now-closed hellhole in the Upper East called Ski Bar. No feminist I, but a man can only stand so much objectification and degradation of stupid, naĂŻve college girls by screaming overprivileged frat boys before he starts getting a little sick to his stomach. I don't mind that sort of thing in a nudie bar, where everyones' cards are on the table, but there's something unsavory about it when it's dressed up in the guise of an innocent night out.

The plot of Coyote Ugly lumbers along slowly. Violet meets a cute kid who works for minimum wage as a fry cook yet can still afford to keep a gorgeous classic convertible in Manhattan. Violet's father (John Goodman) sees her dancing on the bar at Ugly and tells her he's ashamed of her. Then for no reason he suddenly gets hit by a car, just so when the two of them reconcile it can happen over a hospital bed, which is the required setting for such reconciliations.

The worst thing about Coyote Ugly, of course, is that all the sexy Coyotes (you know, those bartenders that dance on the bar and pour beer all over their T-shirts), never get naked. And when one is as sexy as the magnificent brunette Bridget Moynahan, that's a real sin. (Naturally Moynahan's character, being a brunette, is the designated Bitch. c.f.: Center Stage.)

I said I should have hated Coyote Ugly, but for some strange reason, I didn't. Why exactly is a little tough to lay a finger on. Maybe it was because I had such low expectations. Maybe it was because it had a good beat and you could dance to it. Maybe it was because the cast, including Parabo, Moynahan, and the guy Parabo dates were all young and good-looking and had a lot of energy. Maybe it was because the script wasn't all bad, and some of the dialogue was amusing.

Maybe it's because the picture was sappy and had a happy ending and even though I like to pretend otherwise, I dig movies that are sappy and have happy endings.

Despite my better judgment, and even though I wouldn't call Coyote Ugly a good movie, I did find that I enjoyed the large bulk of it. It's not a movie for snobs or cynics, but others may enjoy it.


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Name: ray
Subject: coyote ugly
-- Feb 21, 2009 at 5:04AM
the script was good. its stuck up here on my mind... the songs are exeptional... (ther's something wrong with my keyboard)

Name: ray
Subject: coyoe ugly
-- Feb 21, 2009 at 5:02AM
te script was good. its suck up here on my mind... the songs are exeptional...

Name: kika
Subject: coyote ugly
-- Dec 30, 2007 at 2:49PM
very good y love we

Name: kiki
Subject: coyote ungly
-- May 10, 2007 at 5:42AM
the movie was amazing!!i loke it so much that i want to see it again and again!!the story was great and very romantic and everybody played their role very good!i'm excited and i'm going to see it again!!

Name: Liberty
Subject: Coyote Ugly
-- Jul 15, 2006 at 4:35AM
Best Movie!!Coyote Girls had class and did not need to get naked, it would have degraded it, the Coyotes were awesome and babey could they dance.Lil was a great star in this movie and I truly loved when she explained "Why she named the bar "Coyate Ugly", since I'm sure we all have been there before.John Goodmen was great as Violets father, and I can truly say it is my favorite movie of all times, brings a wild streak out in all of us & we all need a friend like Rachel. Surely hope there will be a Coyote Ugly 2.I even have the Soundtrack to the movie, so I can't get enough,watch it over and over again.It was a awesome movie!!!

Name: nathan
Subject: coyote ugly
-- Apr 21, 2006 at 6:06PM
i got dragged into watching the film with my girlfriend one night i read the back to see what i had to sit through and it sounded really crap like some of the other films that i have been made to sit through but i watched it anyway and found it was an alright film but someone told me about a coyote ugly 2 u think this will happen??

Name: nela
Subject: Coyote ugly
-- Aug 12, 2005 at 3:52PM
The movie is great.I like Adam Garcia and Piper Parabo.IM FROM CROATIA.

Name: Monika
Subject: Coyote Ungly
-- Jul 24, 2005 at 7:43PM
Zaje-fajny film i tyle! Muze też mają wypasioną! Tyle na Temat "Coyote Ungly"! Bardzo mi się on podoba, ale niestety już go nie mam :( Pomóżcie mi go odzyskać, ściągnąć czy cokolwiek innego... :)

Name: kazza
Subject: this rocks
-- Jul 5, 2005 at 11:52AM
it's the best film ever, i wantto be a coyate

Name: amy
Subject: coyote ugly
-- Mar 18, 2005 at 12:52PM
I like this movie. It is the awsome movie ever! Is there a job in new york of coyote ugly? If there is I would like to work at a job like this

Name: sandra
Subject: coyote ugly
-- Mar 17, 2005 at 3:41AM
the best film i have ever watched.i like it so so so muchhh

Name: Jess
Subject: Coyote Ugly
-- Jan 30, 2005 at 9:47AM
This film ROCKS! Yes it might be a little predictable but who cares! I am hoping to go to America, New York (I am English) when I turn 18 and plan to visit the real Coyote bar. I think it would be a well good job being a Coyote and would love to do it! THIS FILM IS ACE!

Name: katie betts
Subject: coyote ugly
-- Jan 24, 2005 at 5:03AM
your wrong about coyote is silly but thats my opinion what is your favourite singer and band

Name: jerrod
Subject: Coyote Ugly
-- Dec 26, 2004 at 6:38PM
I thought this movie rocked. Its cheesy so just skip to the bits at the bar theyre sexy and kool.

Name: clari
Subject: cuestion
-- Mar 15, 2004 at 9:11AM
de quien es la musica

Name: Nancy
Subject: Coyote Ungly
-- Apr 19, 2003 at 4:10AM
I like Coyote Ungly more than any other movie.It is romantic, amusing, moving ,and these are the features that make it the best movie ever played!!!

Name: Cheyenne Sheets
Subject: Coyote Ugly
-- Jan 26, 2003 at 12:02PM
I loved Coyote Ugly!!When I frist got the movie I watched it all day,and every time before I went to bed.I still watch it all the time to this day, but not that much.My aunt couldn't undersatand why I liked it so much,because she thinks it is just about girls danceing on a bar.I don't think that though.To me it is about a girl who is trying to make her dream come true and, finding her place in the world.Do you think there would be a Coyote Ugly 2??

Name: Amanda Cramblett
Subject: Coyote Ugly
-- Nov 19, 2002 at 2:34PM
I think Coyote Ugly is the best movie in the entire world. I could watch it all day everyday! Piper is so beautiful and such a good actress. But Bridget is an awesome actress she reminds me of myself when it comes to attitude . I love the movie!!!

Name: Will Hunting
Subject: Piper rules
-- Oct 19, 2002 at 4:20PM
I have seen the movie a lot of times and i wanna say that piper parabo is great she is the best.I have say that i would like to see Coyote Ungly II

Name: Tyna
Subject: Bridget(Rachel)
-- Sep 18, 2001 at 11:42PM
Bridget Moynahan did a kick ass job of playing Racheal in Coyote Ugly, and made it my favorite movie becuase she is in it!! I am her #1 FAN because of this movie! I can't wait until her new movie comes out on Oct. 5!! She better get the lead role in ALOT of upcoming movies becuase she is a really great actress and she deserves to become a HUGE STAR!! I think they should make a Coyote Uglt 2 and base it on her 2!! SHE TOTALLY ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: Rachel
Subject: Rachel
-- Sep 9, 2001 at 7:30PM
Bridget Moynahan rocked as Rachel she`s my favorite character in the movie and it`s my favorite movie!!!!! I`m the #1 Fan of her and that movie is the reason I became a fan of hers and I`ve seen all the other movies she`s played in and I became an even bigger fan then but I hope they make a Coyote Ugly 2 and base it on Rachel!!!!!

Name: Joshua Trevino
Subject: Piper Parabo
-- Jan 27, 2001 at 11:22PM
I think this movie was great. I have watche it about 1,000 times. Especially because of Piper Parabo. She plays a great role in this movie. She does it well too.

Name: Hey man!
Subject: The Ski Bar
-- Aug 14, 2000 at 3:58PM
At least we got some free drinks!


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