Miss Congeniality (2000)
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Reviews Counted:112
Fresh:45
Rotten:67
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Though critics say Bullock is funny and charming, she can't overcome a bad script that makes the movie feel too much like a fluffy, unoriginal sitcom.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $105,541,467
Synopsis: The Miss United States Pageant, hallowed and revered home of American beauty for the past fifty years, has received a threat from one of the country's most infamous criminals, the "Citizen." The... [More]
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Candice Bergen, Michael Caine, William Shatner
Director: Donald Petrie
Reviews for Miss Congeniality
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Sandra Bullock is simply irresistible, displaying great comedic flair with impeccable timing. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Bullock’s talent for gentle farce is not enough to carry her here; there are only so many times she can get a laugh out of stumbling in her high heels and talking with her mouth full. Full Review |
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While there may not be many surprises, there's little to dislike either. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Sandra Bullock (who also produces) takes a lame idea of a script, splashes her considerable allure all over it, and comes away with an amiable, light-hearted holiday charmer. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
Basically, this is like a really bad film from the eighties, that seems to be remade with Sandra Bullock digitally grafted onto the horrible plot. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Miss Congeniality isn't awful, but it isn't utterly entertaining or incredibly original either, it's just right in the middle. Full Review |
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C- |
Predictably cute and idiotically misleading. Full Review |
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1/4 |
Convenient bimbo stereotypes, bolstered and magnified. Full Review |
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5/10 |
No one does this kind of thing better than Bullock, but one wonders for how long she can pull it off. Perhaps for as long as it pays. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Sandra Bullock is in a class of her own and it's only partly a matter of beauty. Perhaps the larger part is that shining, irresistible personality that lights a room, a runway, a silver screen. She can get you interested in the phone directory. Full Review |
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Caine may save the movie, but Bullock is the movie. The confection rests on her considerable off-center charm and beauty. Full Review |
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1/4 |
With this cutesy bit of ick, Sandra Bullock squanders the good will she engendered with her surprisingly complex portrayal of a party girl in rehab in 28 Days. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Taking a potshot at the beauty pageant industry, Miss Congeniality is entertainment as light as a well-shaped hairdo, fitted out with skin-deep characterizations and a plot that has the all complexity of a G-string bikini. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The title refers to the Miss America pageant award given to "the person who was nicest to everyone," and this seems perfectly apt for Bullock’s winning performance. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Sandra Bullock gives her regular-gal aura a serious workout in Miss Congeniality as an ugly-duckling FBI agent transformed into a beauty-pageant swan. And, by gum, she pulls it off. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Like most beauty pageant contestants themselves, Miss Congeniality is all charm and little substance. Full Review |
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Watching Michael Caine and Sandra Bullock interact testily with each other is this film's special treat. Full Review |
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Marc Lawrence's screenplay isn't particularly fresh, but it does include an assortment of snappy one-liners, most of them tripping off the velvet tongue of Michael Caine... Full Review |
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