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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

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User Rating: 6.2/10 (13,149 votes)
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Overview

Writer (WGA):
Lona Williams (written by)
Release Date:
23 July 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
The battle between the good and the bad is bound to get ugly.
Plot:
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
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Adams: 'Red Hair Changed My Life' (From WENN. 9 May 2008, 9:17 AM, PDT)
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Simply Wonderful Black Comedy more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dairy Queens (USA) (working title)
Gnadenlos schön (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for irreverent and crude humor, sex-related material and language.
Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
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Trivia:
The original title was "Dairy Queens", but it had to be changed after the corporation that owns the Dairy Queen ice cream chain filed a lawsuit. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the mayor of Mount Rose is introducing Amber as the state winner, Amber grabs a bullhorn. In the next shot, Amber does not have the bullhorn and it is nowhere to be found. more
Quotes:
Becky Ann Leeman: [Becky is on the swan float] It smells funny. It smells like gasoline!
Gladys Leeman: So, what? Everything in Mexico smells that way.
Becky Ann Leeman: My dress will reek, Mother!
Gladys Leeman: I don't care. Your dad paid a pretty penny for this, so get your ass up there and show me some teeth!
[blows a kiss]
Gladys Leeman: Love ya, baby!
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Movie Connections:
References The Exorcist (1973) more
Soundtrack:
Love Is All Around more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Simply Wonderful Black Comedy, 31 December 2006
8/10
Author: Matthew Williams from England

Ellen Barkin is the trailer trash mother of Amber (Kirsten Dunst), Kirstie Alley is the homicidally ambitious mother of Becky (Denise Richards) a spoilt rich bitch. They will stop at nothing to make sure their daughters win the Mount Rose beauty pageant, and i mean nothing.

The whole movie is made in incredibly bad taste and for that reason alone, a lot of people will hate it; but i found it was very refreshing to see a black comedy of this quality for a change. It's wonderfully scripted and directed, and the cast is simply perfect; everyone in it appears to be relishing the humour in the movie and it shows in their performances.

If you like this kind of humour, you will love this, if you don't warm to black comedy then it's best left alone.

8/10 Personally i think its great.

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