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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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There are some actresses who produce weighty or worthy pieces of work and there are those who produce popular movies. Sandra Bullock is an actress who falls into the latter category. Yet, in this category, she is at the top of the tree and it is in films such as Miss Congeniality that she proves this.
For a fish out of water comedy, this is a film that plays to Bullock's qualities - her tomboy image from Speed, her warm humour and her ability to play for laughs and be deadpan. As such, Bullock is allowed to shine from a castlist containing Michael Caine and Ben Bratt. However, if I had one criticism, it would be that there are occasions when Caine just appears to be shamelessly mugging and camping it up for the camera to no real effect.
There are some genuinely funny moments, mostly centred around the pageant and it is nice to see such a movie which doesn't take itself or its setting too seriously. Many of the contestants give good supporting performances and as such, it is hard to pick one out.
Overall, it is a bit slight but anyone renting/buying this movie would surely know what to expect - familiar, funny and essentially sweet-natured - just like Sandra Bullock herself.
8/10 - A good example of the genre.