Welcome to the sister article to Comedy Clicks! Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best comedy films that the world of cinema can offer! Today we will be looking at Miss Congeniality

About the Film

Summary of Plot

Gracie Hart, a tomboyish detective, is forced to infiltrate the Miss United States beauty pageant as a contestant after her department learns that the event is under threat from an anonymous bomber. – iMDB

Year Of Release

2000

Running Time

1 Hour 49 Minutes

Director

Donald Petrie

Tagline

Unpolished. Unkempt. Unleashed. Undercover.

Opening Weekend US & Canada

$10,046,534

Trailer

Starring

Sandra Bullock – Gracie Hart
Michael Caine – Victor Melling
Benjamin Bratt – Eric Matthews
Candice Bergen – Kathy Morningside
William Shatner – Sta Fields

Song From the OST

Trivia

• Cheryl’s (Miss Rhode Island’s) answer to the question, “What is your idea of a perfect date?”, was actually used as an answer in a real-life beauty pageant.
• Sandra Bullock purposely didn’t take part in the rehearsals for the first dance scene so that it was more genuine when her character couldn’t follow the choreography.
• The scene with Gracie coming home after the mission in the restaurant was only scripted as “Gracie comes home and starts boxing.” The rest (tripping, kicking the bed, microwave oven) was ad-libbed.
• Sandra Bullock owns the house in Austin, Texas, where some scenes were filmed.

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