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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
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Miss Congeniality (2000)
A funny plot full of clever hooks, and an amazing, charming, full on performance by Sandra Bullock make this movie really funny. And warm. And fun.
It would be a mistake and shame to expect more from it, and there are times where it gets a little too silly for its own good, including some of the last half hour. But what works, works, and the first hour of build up, and of Bullock's transformation (and her sparks of humor and authenticity through it all) are first rate. Michael Caine supports her as he supports everyone in the business, with class and finesse. Benjamin Bratt, playing a kind of distant love interest for Bullock's FBI agent cum beauty contestant, is a little to aware of his good looks and doesn't quite relax enough to make him a star.
He could learn a lot from Caine and Bullock, who are both consummate actors capable of saving, and even lifting up, a mostly routine production. For lightweight fare, it's a joy. By the way, the only "Miss United States" beauty pageant is an "on-line" contest, with a hefty entry fee, and seems to be a commercial and possibly exploitive tie-in to the movie. The famous (and infamous) national pageants are Miss America and Miss USA. This movie is meant to play off the stereotypes of what the contestants are often like, and it provides for some pretty good fodder.