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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 ...
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:

Never Mess With An Agent In A Dress 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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Details

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English | Russian | French | Hawaiian | Spanish

Release Date:

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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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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital  | SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Screenwriter Marc Lawrence named the main character, Gracie, after his daughter Grace. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Gracie and Eric first meet Victor in the restaurant Victor's hand jumps on and off of Eric's shoulder. See more »

Quotes

Eric Matthews: Is this you not arguing? 'Cause you suck at it.
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Connections

Spoofs Pygmalion (1938) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Queen of the Night"
from "The Magic Flute"
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Awet Andemicael
Produced by Steve Schnur See more »