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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 372790" data-attributes="member: 23">Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous (2005)

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One of the few things that wasn&#039;t predictable about this film was just how few returnees there are from the original. In addition to Sandra Bullock, there are three returnees from the original in relatively small roles. Replacing Michael Caine with the scathing one-liners is a cardboard cutout gay stereotypical stylist. Meanwhile, Gracie&#039;s key ally (and happy ending) from the first film is dispensed with via a short one-sided phone call at the beginning of the film, and in his place comes an actor who looks a bit like Paul Rudd from certain angles and distances (the film&#039;s other surprise was that [ISPOILER]he ended up with Miss America Cheryl, and not Gracie herself. The chemistry seemed quite good so I wouldn&#039;t have objected[/ISPOILER]).

One notably meta feature was the poster for the original film appearing regularly in the background of scenes. This was because it was, for the purposes of the film, the cover to Gracie&#039;s book. All the same, it was slightly jarring every time I saw it.

The daft disguises (among other things, Gracie became an old lady and a drag queen) and the glamour of the Las Vegas setting reminded me of Charlie&#039;s Angels or something. And I suppose on that level it&#039;s perfectly enjoyable. No disguise that could hide the fact that this isn&#039;t a great film and is inferior to the original. But it has Eileen Brennan and even a cameo from Dolly, so it&#039;s never going to be time wasted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 372790, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous[/SIZE][/B] (2005) [IMG width="498px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BMjAxNzk2OTI2OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODk0MDIzMw%40%40._V1_SY1000_CR0%2C0%2C673%2C1000_AL_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=6f431a92c1551ff7436ecf32d20095d849c0714d2018263da1fd6f7be360c3c4&ipo=images[/IMG] One of the few things that wasn't predictable about this film was just how few returnees there are from the original. In addition to Sandra Bullock, there are three returnees from the original in relatively small roles. Replacing Michael Caine with the scathing one-liners is a cardboard cutout gay stereotypical stylist. Meanwhile, Gracie's key ally (and happy ending) from the first film is dispensed with via a short one-sided phone call at the beginning of the film, and in his place comes an actor who looks a bit like Paul Rudd from certain angles and distances (the film's other surprise was that [ISPOILER]he ended up with Miss America Cheryl, and not Gracie herself. The chemistry seemed quite good so I wouldn't have objected[/ISPOILER]). One notably meta feature was the poster for the original film appearing regularly in the background of scenes. This was because it was, for the purposes of the film, the cover to Gracie's book. All the same, it was slightly jarring every time I saw it. The daft disguises (among other things, Gracie became an old lady and a drag queen) and the glamour of the Las Vegas setting reminded me of [I]Charlie's Angels[/I] or something. And I suppose on that level it's perfectly enjoyable. No disguise that could hide the fact that this isn't a great film and is inferior to the original. But it has Eileen Brennan and even a cameo from Dolly, so it's never going to be time wasted.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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