A New Jersey girl, Violet, moves away from her father to New York so that she can become a songwriter (well, the relationship between her father and her is unbelievable to begin with; he�s so fat and she�s so skinny that there�s no way they can possibly be related by blood). Gorgeous, shy, and pretty well-acted Violet has trouble getting herself an agent, so she gets a job at notorious female-run bar Coyote Ugly. This bar � where the girls whoopingly dance on the bar, flirt with customers and spray themselves with cold water, squealing with barely-concealed sexual confidence and delight every moment - is as much a horny male-created myth as the idea that we girls have pillow fights in our underwear and kiss each other for �practice�. I know, I�ve worked in the same places and believe me, female bar staff only ever flirt with you for the tips. Well anyway, the bar gets rid of her inhibitions, she meets a guy, she worries about whether she�ll ever make it in this ol� town and whether she�ll ever have papa�s approval.
Oh, write the script yourself. I only watched half of it, that�s really all you need to watch, I�m sure LeAnn Rimes comes in at the appropriate moment singing �Can�t Fight the Moonlight� and gets Violet a career, followed by tearful scene of forgiveness with daddy. What you�re watching this for is the gorgeous girls and the bar-room antics, both of which are great fun and come up to those expectations. Just don�t come to this film with any others � if you want female-bonding, chick-flick stuff with a bit more bite and humour, shove Dirty Dancing into the video player and give this a miss. |
