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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 372643" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Miss Congeniality</span></strong> (2000)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsls-prod.api-onscene.com%2Fpartner_files%2Ftrueidintrend%2F115836%2FMV5BYmRjNTJkOGMtMmRhYi00MWUwLTlmOTMtMzIyOTM3NTUyZDQ4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkzODUwNzk%40._V1_SY1000_CR0%2C0%2C666%2C1000_AL_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=ca3f210c06e81a86a1a27ea9ba7ab17d00bbc746bb7d5b89338d5a2f5d465ad5&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 502px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Yet another film I've managed to avoid all these years until now.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">My knowledge is limited to what can be pieced together from the poster (which is pretty clear) and the fact that Sandra Bullock stars (about which I felt fairly indifferent).</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">How I smiled when I saw that Michael Caine was in this, considering I was torn between watching this and<em> Dirty Rotten Scoundrels</em>. He was great fun, delivering the film's most hilarious little acid drops ("I haven't seen a walk like that since <em>Jurassic Park</em>" he quipped upon seeing Gracie's walk. I also realised that William Shatner and Donald Trump have the same mouth.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Some voice work aside, I think I've only seen Sandra in <em>Speed</em> (which I can't remember) and that <em>Bionic Showdown </em>film where she played a Bionic Girl type character (I recently had <em>A Time To Kill </em>in my watchlist, but couldn't bring myself to watch after reading about its pro-vigilante message). She was fine here. I particularly enjoyed the contrast shown between "one of the boys" Gracie and "beauty queen" Gracie. The former was great fun, with Sandra channelling Chris Cagney while devouring carbs like Grace Adler and Sammy Jo Carrington combined (and I like that she retained her love of food even under orders) and even throwing in some Adleresque accident proneness (a tad less would have been preferred, but this is a broad comedy).</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">My main two gripes with the film are that it felt around 15 minutes too long, and I didn't care for the syrupy bit towards the end when the converted Gracie spoke of admiring her fellow contestants and practically endorsed the pageant, which elt rather untruthful.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Groundbreaking this isn't, but it hit the spot for me last night when I just wanted a non-exacting couple of hours where I could switch off the brain and unwind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 372643, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Miss Congeniality[/SIZE][/B] (2000) [IMG width="502px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsls-prod.api-onscene.com%2Fpartner_files%2Ftrueidintrend%2F115836%2FMV5BYmRjNTJkOGMtMmRhYi00MWUwLTlmOTMtMzIyOTM3NTUyZDQ4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkzODUwNzk%40._V1_SY1000_CR0%2C0%2C666%2C1000_AL_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=ca3f210c06e81a86a1a27ea9ba7ab17d00bbc746bb7d5b89338d5a2f5d465ad5&ipo=images[/IMG] Yet another film I've managed to avoid all these years until now. My knowledge is limited to what can be pieced together from the poster (which is pretty clear) and the fact that Sandra Bullock stars (about which I felt fairly indifferent). How I smiled when I saw that Michael Caine was in this, considering I was torn between watching this and[I] Dirty Rotten Scoundrels[/I]. He was great fun, delivering the film's most hilarious little acid drops ("I haven't seen a walk like that since [I]Jurassic Park[/I]" he quipped upon seeing Gracie's walk. I also realised that William Shatner and Donald Trump have the same mouth. Some voice work aside, I think I've only seen Sandra in [I]Speed[/I] (which I can't remember) and that [I]Bionic Showdown [/I]film where she played a Bionic Girl type character (I recently had [I]A Time To Kill [/I]in my watchlist, but couldn't bring myself to watch after reading about its pro-vigilante message). She was fine here. I particularly enjoyed the contrast shown between "one of the boys" Gracie and "beauty queen" Gracie. The former was great fun, with Sandra channelling Chris Cagney while devouring carbs like Grace Adler and Sammy Jo Carrington combined (and I like that she retained her love of food even under orders) and even throwing in some Adleresque accident proneness (a tad less would have been preferred, but this is a broad comedy). My main two gripes with the film are that it felt around 15 minutes too long, and I didn't care for the syrupy bit towards the end when the converted Gracie spoke of admiring her fellow contestants and practically endorsed the pageant, which elt rather untruthful. Groundbreaking this isn't, but it hit the spot for me last night when I just wanted a non-exacting couple of hours where I could switch off the brain and unwind.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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