Miss Congeniality (2000)
Sandra Bullock, in her infinite grunginess and masculinity, plays an FBI agent, alongside Benjamin Bratt and Ernie Hudson. When the bureau becomes aware of a bomb threat in the Miss United States pageant, Sandra is sent to go undercover as one of the contestants. She’s been sufficiently uglied-up in the first part of the movie, so when Michael Caine gives her a makeover and lets her make her grand entrance in a lavender tube dress, she wows the characters in the film as well as the audience!
Miss Congeniality is superbly hilarious, and a fantastic hallmark to the end of the never-to-be-repeated 90s comedies. In this lovely genre, that you can only truly appreciate if you lived through it, there are politically incorrect jokes, hardly risqué sexual innuendo, and underlying old-school values. The very premise that a masculine, ugly woman would have to be given a makeover in order to compete in a beauty contest for work would never get made into a film today. But, in the 90s, it was a great idea, and this film was wildly popular at the box office.
Candice Bergen, doing an excellent Martha Stewart impression, and William Shatner, another politically incorrect character, are the heads of the Miss United States pageant, and Heather Burns is one of the airhead contestants. If you really hate Sandra Bullock, you probably won’t like the movie. But, if you like her or are neutral, you’ll split your sides with laughter. She and her costars are pretty hilarious, and everyone in the audience, whether they’re an agent or contestant at heart, will find something to laugh at. Watch the preview, since it’s a pretty accurate representation of the film, and if you crack up, you’ll want to add Miss Congeniality to your collection. I saw it in the theaters when I was ten, and I haven’t stopped laughing since.
More Michael Caine movies here!
Miss Congeniality is superbly hilarious, and a fantastic hallmark to the end of the never-to-be-repeated 90s comedies. In this lovely genre, that you can only truly appreciate if you lived through it, there are politically incorrect jokes, hardly risqué sexual innuendo, and underlying old-school values. The very premise that a masculine, ugly woman would have to be given a makeover in order to compete in a beauty contest for work would never get made into a film today. But, in the 90s, it was a great idea, and this film was wildly popular at the box office.
Candice Bergen, doing an excellent Martha Stewart impression, and William Shatner, another politically incorrect character, are the heads of the Miss United States pageant, and Heather Burns is one of the airhead contestants. If you really hate Sandra Bullock, you probably won’t like the movie. But, if you like her or are neutral, you’ll split your sides with laughter. She and her costars are pretty hilarious, and everyone in the audience, whether they’re an agent or contestant at heart, will find something to laugh at. Watch the preview, since it’s a pretty accurate representation of the film, and if you crack up, you’ll want to add Miss Congeniality to your collection. I saw it in the theaters when I was ten, and I haven’t stopped laughing since.
More Michael Caine movies here!