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	Miss Congeniality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miss Congeniality is a 2000 comedy film/thriller film directed by Donald Petrie, starring Sandra Bullock.
		A sequel, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous was released in 2005.
		The plot of Miss Congeniality is centered on Sandra Bullock's character, an FBI agent who goes undercover in a beauty pageant in order to ferret out wrongdoers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miss_Congeniality (375 words)

	DVDActive - Reviews - Video Discs - Miss Congeniality (US - DVD R1)
		Miss Congeniality is presented in a 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer from Warner Brothers.
		Miss Congeniality is another disc where the audio surprised me. Havign seen the movie in the theater, I couldn't remember there being anything special about the audio soundtrack.
		Miss Congeniality has been released in a 1 disc edition from Warner Brothers and is not labelled as a Special Edition.
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/miss-congeniality.html (978 words)

	Miss Congeniality
		Instead, she gravitates towards inane scripts and polished stories that ironically attract people not because of the story, but because of Bullock.
		Miss Congeniality is yet another twist on the age-old Pygmalion story.
		When the FBI needs somebody to go undercover at the Miss United States Pageant, Gracie is the last choice.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/miss_congeniality.html (534 words)

	Review: Miss Congeniality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Trailing in the wake of a string of duds, the most recent of which were the un-releasable Gun Shy and the not-much-better 28 Days, Miss Congeniality marks the latest wrong step in a career that once burned brightly.
		The existence of Beautiful saves Miss Congeniality from being the worst beauty contest movie of the year, but if ever a statement could be accused of damning with faint praise, that's it.
		Miss Congeniality also steals shamelessly from Pygmalion (Vic making over Gracie from an ugly duckling cop into a stunning, statuesque beauty), but truncates the process to the point where it loses its appeal.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/m/miss_congeniality.html (723 words)

	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous is a 2005 action movie/comedy film directed by John Pasquin, starring Sandra Bullock.
		It is a sequel to the 2000 film Miss Congeniality.
		However, when Miss United States (played by Burns) and Stan Fields (played by Shatner) are kidnapped in Las Vegas, Gracie is prompted to get back to her old ways.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miss_Congeniality_2:_Armed_and_Fabulous (345 words)

	Miss Congeniality
		"Miss Congeniality" has a hard time getting past its by-the-numbers, routine plot that pulls in the usual chestnuts of undercover cop tale, "My Fair Lady," fish-out-of-water story and, for good measure, a romance.
		We're introduced to Miss Morningstar (Candice Bergen), the head of the pageant, her inept assistant Frank (Steve Monroe, "The Nutty Professor"), and long-time emcee Stan Fields (William Shatner) and surprise - all have axes to grind.
		Bullock fans may be happy with "Miss Congeniality," but those in search of a real comedy should look elsewhere.
	www.reelingreviews.com /misscongeniality.htm (1205 words)

	nbc30.com - Contests - Win 'Miss Congeniality 2' Prizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" catches up with FBI agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) shortly after she successfully disarmed a threat against the Miss United States Pageant while working undercover as a contestant in "Miss Congeniality."
		Opening March 24 in theaters nationwide, "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" is rated PG-13 for sex-related humor.
		One grand prize-winner will be selected to receive "Miss Congeniality" on DVD, packaged with a "Miss Congeniality 2" soundtrack CD; a cosmetic case; a pink terry hooded sweatshirt and pants; a white angora hat; a cell phone holder; a key tag and an "Armed and Fabulous" T-shirt.
	www.nbc30.com /contests/4287986/detail.html (377 words)

	DVD Review - Miss Congeniality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Keeping with the mediocrity theme, "Miss Congeniality" is full of characters who should be very annoying but aren’t.
		As "Miss Congeniality" went on to be a box-office success, Warner Home Video has given it deserving treatment on DVD.
		To round out the special features, the "Miss Congeniality" DVD offers brief cast & crew biographies and the theatrical trailer for the film, which has been letterboxed at 1.85:1, and doesn’t have a "green band" at the beginning.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/miss_congeniality.shtml (1242 words)

	Miss Congeniality: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Miss Congeniality is a 2000 comedy Comedy film quick summary:
		A comedy film is a film laced with humor or that may seek to provoke laughter from the audience....
		The plot of Miss Congeniality centers around Sandra Bullock's character, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/miss_congeniality.htm (749 words)

	Miss Congeniality (2000): Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Caine, William Shatner - PopMatters Film Review
		The discomfort induced by Miss Congeniality reiterates the apparently difficult-to-absorb lesson that reconstructing the romantic comedy for contemporary audiences requires more than a jaunty leading lady and a stock defensive antagonism that imperfectly masks besotted true love.
		At root, the crime of this film is not the bomb threat to the pageant but Gracie's reluctance to exploit her beauty in the ways her throwback-to-the-fifties male colleagues deem acceptable, and an older woman's reluctance to retire gracefully after beauty fades.
		The "Miss" in the title encapsulates all the failings of this movie, a would-be satire on the primacy of physical appearance willingly co-opted by the object of its derision.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/m/miss-congeniality.shtml (1131 words)

	TechnoFile Reviews Miss Congeniality: Deluxe Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There's feminist dogma in "Miss Congeniality," but it never takes the place of the story and, in fact, provides for some good moments as Gracie and others discover that there's more to these pageants than just a major league jigglefest.
		We went into "Miss Congeniality" expecting an empty headed piece of crap and instead were treated to a funny and intelligent comedy we enjoyed a heck of a lot.
		The audio and video transfers of this new DVD appear to be exactly the same as the previous release, and the disc also includes the same commentaries, deleted scenes, and “documentaries.” The sneak peek at Miss Congeniality 2 runs about eight and a half minutes and does a good job.
	www.technofile.com /dvds/miss_congeniality_se.html (704 words)

	The "Miss Congeniality" info page
		According to Variety, Donald Petrie is currently in negotiations to replace Hugh Wilson as the director of Miss Congeniality.
		Here is a hardly recognizable pic of Sandra with her Miss Congeniality co-star Benjamin Bratt from the August 7th issue of People magazine.
		Miss Congeniality recently had it's first test screenings, and there are two reviews up at Ain't It Cool News.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/6995/misscon (2311 words)

	MISS CONGENIALITY
		And then there was the Little Miss Fresh Squeezed Pre-Teen Talent Competition in Happy, Texas.
		Congeniality stars Sandra Bullock (28 Days) as Gracie Hart, an undercover field agent for a Manhattan office of the FBI.
		Bullock, who also serves as Congeniality's producer, is merely mediocre, and is still looking for a film that can put her back on top again.
	www.sick-boy.com /misscongeniality.htm (657 words)

	Miss Congeniality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When a notorious criminal mastermind known only as the Citizen threatens to terrorize the Miss United States Pageant, the FBI scours their ranks to find a female agent capable of winning the contest and capturing the killer before it's too late.
		MISS CONGENIALITY combines the hilarious physical comedy and girl-next-door charm of Sandra Bullock with Michael Caine's trademark British wit and impotent outrage, adding up to a devastating orgy of comedy, glamour, and catastrophe.
		Miss USA and Miss Universe pageant choreographer Scott Grossman worked as a consultant on the film and coordinated the dance numbers.
	www.videoflicks.com /titles/1103/1103131.htm?14107 (529 words)

	FILM REVIEW; Operation Ugly Duckling: Fighting Terrorism in Heels - New York Times
		Her appeal is paradoxical: the more aggressively she flaunts her awkward, abrasive qualities, the more winning she is. And, conversely, whenever she sheds her ugly-duckling feathers, she sloughs off much of her charm.
		''Miss Congeniality,'' to mix zoological metaphors, is a standard-issue fish-out-of-water comedy, with Ms.
		By impersonating Miss New Jersey, Gracie discovers in herself the womanliness she had hitherto suppressed.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06E3D91F39F931A15751C1A9669C8B63 (761 words)

	Miss Congeniality (2000): Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt
		The plot - such as is it - involves Gracie Hart (Bullock), a messy, plain FBI agent, going undercover as a contestant in the Miss United States beauty pageant in a bid to foil a terrorist threat from one of the country's most infamous criminals, the Citizen.
		This is a considerable challenge, considering Victor sees Gracie as a woman "without a detectable smidgen of estrogen." Pageant Director, Kathy Morningside (Candice Bergen), and MC Stan Fields (a sadly under-utilised William Shatner), are also initially unimpressed with their latest contestant.
		Miss Congeniality was filmed in Bullock's home town of Austin, Texas (including the scenes which purport to be New Jersey), as well as San Antonio, Texas.
	www.citizencaine.org /films/miss-congeniality.shtml (612 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Miss Congeniality at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While it may be dismissed by some as a rom-com “chick flick”, Miss Congeniality is more of a comedy story for girls.
		Normally, this kind of thing’s pretty stock-standard and excusable, but the problem is that Grace would appear to be forgiven as soon as she enters the pageant, meaning there wasn’t really any need for the Russians.
		Miss Congeniality is not a chick flick, it’s a simple comedy that’s highly effective at it’s job.
	www.epinions.com /content_158133554820 (1255 words)

	Amazon.com: Miss Congeniality: DVD: Sandra Bullock,Michael Caine,Benjamin Bratt,Candice Bergen,Ernie Hudson,William ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A very good comedy, Miss Congeniality, brings to the screen the story of a female FBI agent who goes undercover as a contestant at a beauty pageant in an effort to avert a terrorist attack.
		There is a scene from the trailer, which is missing in the final version of the film: Her father asks her if she's a lesbian.
		When Miss Rhode Island is doing her flaming baton routine, the batons are clearly scorched fl, but when her routine is over they appear unscorched.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005AAA9?v=glance (2628 words)

	Miss Congeniality (2000)
		Playing off of Love Potion Number 9, one of Bullock's first movies, Miss Congeniality takes advantage of the actress' middle-of-the-road appearance; she can look great and she can look horrible, mostly depending on how she presents herself.
		While Miss Congeniality never goes above and beyond the call of duty in order to surprise us, for the most part it delivers exactly what the ad campaign promised.
		Miss Congeniality has a lot in common with Sandra Bullock's other films -- if you saw the trailer and thought it looked funny, you'll probably feel the same way about the movie.
	www.moovees.com /review/miss-congeniality.html (507 words)

	Miss Congeniality (2000): Reviews
		Miss Congeniality would not be out of place as a TV series, so it makes sense that Candice Bergen and William Shatner appear as pageant co-hosts.
		Stumbling its way down the comedy runway, Miss Congeniality is yet another miscalculated vehicle for the ever-feisty Sandra Bullock.
		If Miss Congeniality had been made with a lead who had charisma, personality, talent and intelligence, it may have been a pretty good film....but alas it wasn't.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/misscongeniality (684 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Miss Congeniality [2001]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It's a good thing Sandra Bullock knows her strengths and weaknesses, because without Bullock as star and producer, Miss Congeniality would be an insufferable mess as opposed to being a mildly enjoyable trifle that is custom-made for Bullock's established screen persona.
		After bungling a police operation, Gracie is consigned to go undercover as Miss New Jersey in the Miss USA beauty contest, resulting in hilarious elocution and posture lessons from an etiquette coach, excellently played by Michael Caine.
		Miss Congeniality is an excellent, frequently hilarious comedy with a fine central performance by Bullock.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005MHNG (1215 words)

	IGN: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Review
		The difference here is that the essence of the story – about a frumpy agent finding herself rather than a fat girl embracing her neuroses – is imminently compelling, and actually requires little tinkering to generate new story possibilities.
		The bad news, such as it is in the context of a Miss Congeniality sequel (bad in and of itself to hapless boyfriends), is that the filmmakers don't take the characters anywhere new, unless Vegas counts.
		Miss Congeniality 2 will no doubt be a hit, further confirm Bullock as one of the silver screen's most bankable actresses, and produce future sequels where Gracie looks good, then bad, then good again in the line of duty.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/598/598616p1.html (898 words)

	KPUA.net - KPUA Hawaii News - Miss Hawaii Malika Dudley wins Miss Congeniality
		Dudley says she feels honored _ and that winning Miss Congeniality is better than having won the crown.
		The Miss America pageant brought the Miss Congeniality award back after having discontinued it for several decades.
		The last person to win the Miss Congeniality Award was the Miss Hawaii from 1974 _ Coline-Helen Kanaloku Aiu.
	www.kpua.net /news.php?id=7311 (136 words)

	Miss Congeniality
		As she strives to develop her feminine charms, she bonds with her shapely competition and gets closer and closer to identifying the villain (Gracie is way ahead of her male colleagues on fingering the baddie, but the plot is so predictable that we figure it out well before she does).
		After coming up short of the crown, a Miss United States contestant bolts to the apron of the stage and declares her lesbianism, expressing affection for her partner in the audience (this leads a lesbian working for the TV network to defend the lifestyle as well).
		A scuffle breaks out at the Miss United States pageant as law enforcement officials try to subdue the bad guys and Gracie tries to wrest away the winnerâs crown which is wired with explosives.
	www.pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0000318.cfm (1238 words)

	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Movie Review - Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Movie Trailer - The ...
		''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" closes with the standard outtake reel.
		Usually the compilation of bloopers, omitted improvisations, and flubs are a strategy to erase the memory of a bad movie.
		But when two of her friends -- the reigning Miss United States (Heather Burns) and the pageant's emcee (William Shatner)-- are kidnapped in Las Vegas, Gracie has to spring into action, though not as an agent but as the FBI's spokeswoman.
	www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=6875 (747 words)

	Post-Crescent - Miss Wisconsin wins Miss Congeniality award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		BALTIMORE — Miss North Carolina, a 21-year-old brunette who says she sees a lot of herself in Oprah Winfrey, was crowned Miss USA at the 54th annual pageant Monday night.
		Miss California, Brittany Hogan, 20, was first runner-up.
		Menasha resident Melissa Ann Young, 25, representing the state as Miss Wisconsin, won the Miss Congeniality award.
	www.wisinfo.com /postcrescent/news/archive/local_20590560.shtml (403 words)

	Miss Congeniality (2002) - MovieWeb
		Unfortunately, Gracie's aggressive nature has branded her as a loose cannon, and the only one in the bureau who actually believes in her is fellow agent and friend, Eric Matthews.
		When a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant, the FBI rushes to find a female agent to go undercover as a contestant.
		Unfortunately, Gracie is the only female FBI agent who can "look the part" despite her complete lack of refinement and femininity.
	www.movieweb.com /movie/misscongen (237 words)

	Miss Congeniality (2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She is actually entered into the pageant as Miss New Jersey and guaranteed a top five finish so she can get access to all the behind-the-scenes areas in an effort to flush out the bomber.
		Being the tomboy that she is though means that some effort is going to be required to get her presentation to a standard that will not make her the laughing stock of the pageant.
		Miss Congeniality is a mildly enjoyable comedy that I found was not as satisfying the second (and third, and fourth) time around.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=263 (1350 words)

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