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Title: Miss Congeniality (2000)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sandra Bullock | ... | Gracie Hart | |
| Michael Caine | ... | Victor Melling | |
| Benjamin Bratt | ... | Eric Matthews | |
| Candice Bergen | ... | Kathy Morningside | |
| William Shatner | ... | Stan Fields | |
| Ernie Hudson | ... | Harry McDonald | |
| 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 | ... | Agent Harris | |
| Gabriel Folse | ... | Agent Jerry Grant | |
Undercover F.B.I. 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, who is perhaps one of the other contestants. Although the pageant administration, led by ... Written by Huggo
Sandra Bullock's facial expressions, physical comedy, comedic timing, and great lines: Ditto for Michael Caine. Not a great movie, but very good, and those two performances, plus Shatner's as the emcee, make it a very worthwhile movie. When movies like Anchorman get a 7.2 by comparison, I feel like I'm somewhat alien to this planet......Keep forgetting that being concise on this website is not an attribute, so I'll digress. Humor is subjective, so everyone has their own, equally valid opinion, but IMHO Sandra nailed it, was at the height of her comedic prowess in this movie, and it will stand up over time not so much as a great movie (not), but a great performance by Bullock.