Undercover FBI agent Gracie Hart shows no signs of having any femininity in her demeanor or appearance. Generally a bright and capable agent, she is in trouble at work when she makes an error in judgment in a case which results in a near disaster. As such, one of her by-the-books colleagues, Eric Matthews, who has never shown any inclination of thinking outside the box, is assigned to lead the high profile case of a terrorist coined The Citizen instead of her, while she is facing possible disciplinary action. Gracie pieces together the evidence to determine that The Citizen's next target will be the Miss United States beauty pageant. The pageant represents everything that Gracie abhors. Despite Gracie's mannish demeanor, Eric, with no other undercover female agent remotely fitting the demographic, assigns her to go undercover as a pageant contestant to see if she can flush out The Citizen...
Written by Huggo
The scene with Gracie coming home after the mission in the restaurant was only scripted as "Gracie comes home and starts boxing". The rest (tripping, kicking the bed, microwave oven) was ad-libbed by Sandra Bullock.
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Goofs
Continuity:
While Gracie is waiting to be announced as a "top 5" finalist the camera flashes to her three times. Miss Rhode Island who has already been announced appears and disappears in the line up.
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Quotes
Eric Matthews:
Maybe we could have dinner, you know? Gracie Hart:
What? You, like, asking me on a date? Eric Matthews:
No! Just casual dinner... If we happen to have sex afterwards so be it! See more »