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06/24/06
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
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
Top CriticThe 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
Bullock has such excellent timing, and such a superb sense of physical comedy, that we would happily watch her (and we have!) in much worse films than this.
12/10/01
A movie that seems to have no potential at all and still works remarkably well.
06/04/01
If you're expecting action and comedy, you'll find this film has little of either.
04/16/01
Top CriticA genuine crowdpleaser boasting a charming star turn, Miss Congeniality is indeed difficult to dislike, but hey, sometimes it's worth the effort.
03/23/01
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11/20/08
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.
08/07/08
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
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
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June 16, 2005:
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March 26, 2005:
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March 24, 2005:
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