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Miss Congeniality

2000 · 110 min.

5 out of 8

Review

Miss Congeniality is a romantic comedy about Gracie Hart, a mannish FBI-agent, who goes undercover as a beauty queen contestant. Threats have been made against the contest, and by placing Gracie behind the scenes the FBI may find the perpetrator.

Gracie's make-over is quite a challenge. Both the beauty expert Victor Melling who is hired to do the job and Gracie herself are more often than not ready to quit.

Miss Congeniality is actually very funny, but the plot is a bit too slight and silly. What is more, underneath the seemingly harmless comedy an old-fashioned and repressive idea of the ideal woman is hiding.

Cast and crew

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