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.
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Miss Congeniality (2000)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:45
Rotten:66
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.
Theatrical Release:Dec 22, 2000 Wide
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
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Reviews for Miss Congeniality
While there may not be many surprises, there's little to dislike either.
06/24/06
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.
05/26/06
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.
12/06/05
Miss Congeniality isn't awful, but it isn't utterly entertaining or incredibly original either, it's just right in the middle.
12/06/05
Predictably cute and idiotically misleading.
05/04/05
Convenient bimbo stereotypes, bolstered and magnified.
03/28/05
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.
03/11/05
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.
08/09/04
Caine may save the movie, but Bullock is the movie. The confection rests on her considerable off-center charm and beauty.
10/24/03
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.
05/14/03
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.
02/08/03
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.
10/30/02
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.
10/15/02
Like most beauty pageant contestants themselves, Miss Congeniality is all charm and little substance.
09/12/02
Watching Michael Caine and Sandra Bullock interact testily with each other is this film's special treat.
08/02/02
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...
06/15/02
Mais um ponto para Sandra Bullock, que prova merecer, assim como sua personagem, o título de Miss Simpatia.
05/31/02
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03/24/02
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03/22/02
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July 18, 2005:
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June 16, 2005:
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March 26, 2005:
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March 24, 2005:
Critical Consensus: "Miss Congeniality" Armed, But Unfabulous
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