Miss Congeniality
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Director: | Donald Petrie | Actors: | Sandra Bullock (as FBI Agent Gracie Hart), Michael Caine (as Victor 'Mr. Vic/Vic' Melling), Benjamin Bratt (as FBI Agent Eric Matthews), Candice Bergen (as Kathy Morningside), Ernie Hudson (as F.B.I. Agent-In-Charge Harry McDonald), William Shatner (as Stan Fields), John DiResta (as F.B.I. Agent Clonsky), Heather Burns (as Miss Rhode Island/Cheryl Frasier), Melissa De Sousa (as Miss New York/Karen Krantz), Steve Monroe (as Frank Tobin/Frank Morningside), Deirdre Quinn (as Miss Texas/Mary Jo Wright), Wendy Raquel Robinson (as Miss California/Leslie Davis), Asia De Marcos (as Miss Hawai'i/Alan Krewson), Ken Thomas (I) (as F.B.I. Agent Harris), Gabriel Folse (as F.B.I. Agent Jerry Grant) | Country: | USA | Category: | Action | Year: | 2000 |
| Description: | An FBI agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event. | Comments: | CAUTION -- CONTAINS A SPOILER OR TWO -- We weren't expecting a great story, and were right on target. A mysterious terrorist sends cryptic messages which only make sense after the crime is perpetrated. The FBI are at a total loss. However, agent Bullock figures out the next one will be at the Miss United States beauty pageant in San Antonio. So, when they find out that Miss NJ has made a porno film, they basically threaten to expose her if she doesn't pull out voluntarily so that Bullock, the life-long homely-looking tomboy and rough FBI agent, can replace her and work from the inside to thwart the terrorist before anything happens. The biggest challenge is making Bullock look and act like a beauty queen, and Michael Caine is the expert hired to transform her. During the pageant the real terrorist is caught elsewhere so the FBI team, led by Benjamin Bratt of Julia Roberts' beau fame, packs up to head home. But Bullock still suspects that the pageant head, Candace Bergen, plans to do something bad, so sticks around anyway. Turns out Bergen is out for revenge for being "fired" after this pageant, and her son rigs up an exploding crown to blow up the new Miss US. The last few scenes deal with the pageant finale and the catching of the crooks, where Bullock is required to use her fighting skills. William Shatner does a good job as the emcee. In the end, Bullock and Bratt appear to be headed for romance! Big surprize, 'wink-wink'!! There is absolutely nothing about this film that is believable, and it spoofs beauty pageants very lustily. Still, none of that matters because it is not intended to be high art, just good entertainment for Sandra Bullock fans. We enjoyed it, and I give it a "7" of 10 rating for entertainment value. But not really a very strong "7". The DVD picture is sharp and colorful, the 5.1 DD sound used well. Extras are fairly limited, but does give an entertaining look at behind the scenes making of, with a few deleted scenes. Not a DVD that I would plan to own. |
Languages: | English | Subtitles: | Length: | 109 | Video format: | Audio format: | Resolution: | Files sizes: | 1047 |