- Actors: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko
- Directors: David McNally
- Writers: Gina Wendkos
- Producers: Chad Oman, Jeff Eamer, Jennifer Krug-Worthington, Jerry Bruckheimer, Mike Stenson
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Subtitles: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Hebrew
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.77:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 12
- Studio: Buena Vista
- DVD Release Date: 6 Aug 2001
- Run Time: 100 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005IBJ0
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- #27 in Film & TV > Music DVDs
- #98 in Film & TV > Drama > Comedy
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Coyote Ugly is either a girls' film for boys or a boys' film for girls. Either way, it's undemanding tosh that remixes 80s "classics" like Fame, Cocktail, Flashdance and Dirty Dancing for the turn of the century. The main attraction is Coyote Ugly itself, a raucous New York bar run by tough-on-the-outside softie Lil (Maria Bello) where the drinks and the customers are straight and the girls who serve have to be skilled at lightning-fast mental maths when adding up complex rounds as well as a sort of clothed stripping as they line-dance, karaoke-wail or pole-hug on top of the often-flaming bar itself. The plot is a trifle about a shrinking violet actually called Violet (Piper Parabo) who comes to the big city to do one-better than her showbiz near-miss deceased mother and make it as a songwriter but is paralysed by a stage-fright she only overcomes after a couple of energetic nights working the crowds at Coyote Ugly. There's the usual on-off romance, with a sensitive Australian bloke (Adam Garcia) and some soap with an estranged Dad (always-good-value John Goodman) who is hospitalised at just the right moment to prompt a family revelation and a reunion that pays off with a not-unexpected happy ending.
It all boils down to a 12-certificate teenage magazine romance set in what amounts to a nudie bar where there's no actual nudity. Both the men in the heroine's life seriously question whether writhing suggestively for drunken lechers is an empowering activity for an independent girl but since that's more or less the film's strongest visual effect the script has to come down on the side of the girls--if not the customers. The supporting babes--Russian blonde Cammie (Izabella Miko), ferocious brunette Rachel (Bridget Moynahan) and upwardly-mobile Zoe (Tyra Banks)--gyrate and model Spice Girls cast-off gear, but make less of an impression than Melanie Lynskey (the "other one" from Heavenly Creatures) as the devoted, slightly dumpy best friend back home. Like most Jerry Bruckheimer products, it's slickly put-together, at once exciting and predictable, cut like a commercial or a pop promo, directed by a non-entity (David McNally), fantastical yet blue-collar "real" and self-destructs in the mind after viewing. --Kim Newman
On the DVD: The disc is jammed with special features and bonus material: "Search for the Stars" outlines the quest to find the young cast members; "Inside the Song" offers an analysis of the tunes, a voiceover by LeAnn Rimes and the thoughts of songwriter Diana Warren; "Coyote 101"describes the ins and outs of the bar itself, from the drink mixes to the dancers; while "Action Overload" simply shows full-force action sequences from the film. The disc also contains four deleted scenes, the LeAnn Rimes music video, "Can't fight the Moonlight", the theatrical trailer and an energetic commentary by the Coyotes themselves, Tara Banks, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko, Bridget Moynahan and Piper Perbo. Although the disc certainly doesn't scrimp on the special features front, each one tends to be fairly short and uninformative, lacking detail. The DVD itself gives the visual and audio excellence you would expect from a recent Hollywood blockbuster with a 5.1 audio ratio and crisp widescreen format of 2.35:1. --Nikki Disney
DVD Description
DVD Special Features:
Featurette:
Search for the Stars
The Dreamer
Coyotes
Mr O'Donnell
Feature: Coyote 101:
A Place To Get Ugly
Calling the Shots
Shaking It
Featurette: Inside The Songs
Audio Commentary
Additional Scenes
Violet's Goodbye
Driving With Gloria
Stolen Goods
Action Overload
Theatrical Trailer
Music Video - LeAnn Rimes
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Surround 2.0 Russian
Subtitles: English, English for the hearing impaired, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Hebrew
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film is a must-see. With gorgeous women for the lads, and an upbeat girl-power can-do message for the girls, you cannot fail to enjoy this movie.
A pumping soundtrack and brilliant choreography make you want to start dancing on the Coyote Ugly bar with the stars. Unknown Piper Perabo is obviously destined for great things (think younger Sarah Jessica Parker) and Adam Garcia is well sexy as the prime australian rib she auctions off. Tyra Banks makes an appearance and Maria Bello gets her arguably most important role to date.
The message behind this movie goes something like: "life may suck at times, but it can be fun if it sucks with the right people". This is the film for all the underpaid, under-appreciated gophers of society. We do what we have to to get by and Coyote Ugly shows that all of us can make it.
Anyhow, with all the extras on the dvd (outtakes, documentaries, character/actor profiles) this has got to be in your collection, for girlie or guy nights in: either way you won't forget it.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I hired this film recently thinking it would be ideal for a night in on my own. However, even my husband enjoyed it!!! I'm now ordering it to watch again (frequently). This movie really gets you in the mood for a wild night out.
Basically this is a love story, about a small town girl trying to make it in the music industry.
Set in a New York Bar (the bar is amazing and all men will enjoy the bar maids), the small town girl meets boy, falls out with boy, falls out with family and friends, does some soul searching and when she finally sees sense she makes good.
A feel good movie with a brilliant soudtrack, (also available). Buy it, watch it and groove on down to your local for a bit of bootie shaking on the bar.
And what ever you do don't ask for water!!?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I thought that this film was brilliant because it has excellent soundtracks on it and I also thought that it kept you going throughout the film that you could never be too sure on what was happening next.I thought that it was so good that I ended up going to see it in the cinema three times and renting it out on video a number of times.
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Published 1 month ago by mandy
You'd have to be a moron to hate this film
i can't believe some people are saying this is crap and saying things like you'd have to on drugs to watch this
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Published 6 months ago by D. Lench
Naughty but Fun
Coyote Ugly is cute, sweet, romantic, pointless, with naughtiness thrown in. Dancing and singing is thrown in in the middle of crazy girly action. Read more
Published 19 months ago by E. K. Gonzalez
Excellent DVD
I would reccomend this DVD to anyone. Fast quick delivery followed by an evening of good clean fun. As Good as I remembered it.
Published 22 months ago by Bev
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husbands favourate film could not find it in shops well done amazon what a great gift for him arrived very quickly thank you... Read more
Published 23 months ago by sue
You'd HAVE to be on drugs to believe THIS!
Amazing,simply amazing what film-makers THINK viewers will actually BELIEVE isn't it? Piper Perabo who I happen to like wants to be a successful songwriter and ventures into New... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by Patrick H. Williams
Coyote Ugly - My Favourite Film
Coyote Ugly is the best film that i have ever viewed. It is a story of a young girl named violet, who moves to new York to become a sucessful Songwriter. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2008 by J. MUDD
Lots of Fun!
This movie is just plain fun. The main story line is about a small town girl named Violet, who wants to be a songwriter. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2007 by M. A. Ramos
upbeat and lively entertainment but nothing special
I took a chance on buying Coyote Ugly because I had heard it had good music and an interesting storyline. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2007 by dan the fan
Really Good Film
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