Miss Congeniality 2000
- Director: Donald Petrie
- Seen by this director: Grumpy Old Men
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, Heather Burns
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Sandra Bullock – Gravity, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Crash, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 28 Days, Practical Magic, A Time to Kill, While You Were Sleeping, Speed
- Michael Caine – Tenet, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Harry Brown, Flawless, The Prestige, Children of Men, The Weatherman, Last Orders, Get Carter, The Cider House Rules, Little Voice, Mona Lisa, Educating Rita, Sleuth (both versions), Alfie
- Benjamin Bratt – Doctor Strange, Thumbsucker
- Candice Bergen – Gandhi
- William Shatner – Star Trek
- Heather Burns – Manchester by the Sea, You’ve Got Mail
- Why? Good cast
- Seen: 2 January 2022
Good cast, yes, but can it make this spy comedy
worth watching?
Gracie Hart (Bullock) is an FBI agent (OK,
not a spy story), a real toughie but a bit of a maverick. Against her will she’s
forced undercover as a contestant in the Miss USA Pageant because of bomb
threats to the event. Mr Vic (Caine) is stuffy and highly competent and is
forced through unfortunate unemployment to turn her into a potential Miss in
two days.
They both hate it. And each other.
Beauty pageants, yuck. This is annoyingly
sexist despite Gracie’s comment on feminism but there are some good digs at the
whole beauty pageant thing. And it’s often very funny.
So, all in all, it’s quite sweet, a film to enjoy in spite of everything.
3* of 5.
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