Miss Congeniality (2000)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writers (WGA):

Marc Lawrence (written by) &
Katie Ford (written by) ...

Release Date:

22 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Unpolished. Unkempt. Unleashed. Undercover.

Plot:

An FBI agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Undercover | Beauty Pageant | FBI Agent | New Jersey

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 11	2:30 PM	HBO
Tue. July 14	11:00 AM	HBO

Cast

Sandra Bullock	...	Gracie Hart
Michael Caine	...	Victor Melling
Benjamin Bratt	...	Eric Matthews
Candice Bergen	...	Kathy Morningside
Ernie Hudson	...	FBI Asst. Director Harry McDonald
William Shatner	...	Stan Fields
John DiResta	...	Agent Clonsky
Heather Burns	...	Cheryl Frasier, Miss Rhode Island
Melissa De Sousa	...	Karen Krantz, Miss New York
Steve Monroe	...	Frank Tobin
Deirdre Quinn	...	Mary Jo Wright, Miss Texas
Wendy Raquel Robinson	...	Leslie Davis, Miss California
Asia De Marcos	...	Alana Krewson, Miss Hawaii
Ken Thomas	...	FBI Agent Harris
Gabriel Folse	...	FBI Agent Jerry Grant

Also Known As:

Miss Undercover (Europe) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual references and a scene of violence.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English | Russian | French | Hawaiian | Spanish

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | Hungary:14 | Ireland:12 (video rating) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Austin Studios - 1901 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

The news station that shows Gracie is KSAT 12, which is really a local news in San Antonio.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the first scene that shows the bomb maker at work, little circuit boards designed specifically to help solder to integrated circuits are on his desk. Yet the camera then moves to show him doing it the hard way under a magnifying glass with bare wires. He's got the boards right there under his nose and yet doesn't use them.

Quotes:

[after McDonald sees himself in a bikini on the computer]
Eric Matthews: We were just looking for someone to go undercover at the Pageant, sir.
McDonald: And I'm the best we got. That doesn't inspire much confidence.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Right Stuff (1983)

Soundtrack:

Bullets

Humorous runner up.

This movie has it's funny moments (besides the fact Bill Shatner IS part of the cast and not a cameo) and tries to break some stereotypes exploited in subtle-brilliant DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. I can't put my finger on it...but for the first time in my life, I really fell for Sandra Bullock. I found her quite charming as the rough, tom-boy character. Her eating habits was riotous and (as we all knew) her "transformation" was stunning--kind of proving Hollywood is full of NORMAL looking ladies that have great make-up artists and breast boosters. But there was something different here with Sandra. Exiting her "changing hanger" she showed a beautiful shape--proving women (REAL looking women) ARE beautiful. I never knew Sandra had shape?