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Miss Congeniality (2000)

PG_13  109 min  -  Action | Comedy | Crime   -  22 December 2000 (USA)
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Reviews: 355 user | 139 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com

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

Director:

Donald Petrie
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sandra Bullock ...
Michael Caine ...
Benjamin Bratt ...
Candice Bergen ...
William Shatner ...
Ernie Hudson ...
Harry McDonald
John DiResta ...
Heather Burns ...
Melissa De Sousa ...
Karen Krantz, Miss New York
Steve Monroe ...
Deirdre Quinn ...
Mary Jo Wright, Miss Texas
Wendy Raquel Robinson ...
Leslie Davis, Miss California
Asia De Marcos Asia De Marcos ...
Alana Krewson, Miss Hawaii
Ken Thomas ...
Agent Harris
Gabriel Folse ...
Agent Jerry Grant
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Storyline

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  

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Plot Keywords:

Pageant | Undercover | FBI | Beauty Pageant | Female Agent  | See more »

Taglines:

She's Got A Killer To Catch... Right After The Swimsuit Competition. See more »

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual references and a scene of violence See all certifications »

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Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English | Russian | French | Hawaiian | Spanish

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Also Known As:

Miss Undercover See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$13,853,686 (USA) (25 December 2000) (2668 Screens)

Gross:

$212,742,720 (Worldwide)
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Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The people working in Starbucks were actual Starbucks employees. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: After Vic leaves and Gracie has to do her own make-up, Miss Rhode Island tells the other girls to help her. Miss Rhode Island grabs some lipstick and when she tries to put it on Gracie, the tip breaks off, but she twists it off and acts normal. See more »

Quotes

Kathy Morningside: New Jersey, as you know, there are many who consider the Miss United States Pageant to be outdated and anti-feminist. What would you say to them?
Gracie Hart: Well, I would have to say... I used to be one of them. And then I came here and I realized that these women are smart, terrific people who are just trying to make a difference in the world. And we've become really good friends. I mean, I know we all secretly hope the other one will trip and fall on her face... oh, wait a minute, I've already done that! And for me this experience has been one of the most rewarding and liberating experiences of my life.
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Connections

Referenced in "10 Things I Hate About You: Light My Fire (#1.7)" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Bullets"
Written and Performed by Bob Schneider
Courtesy of Universal Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. See more »