MISS CONGENIALITY

'''Miss Congeniality''' is a 2000 comedy/thriller film directed by Donald Petrie, starring Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt. A sequel, '' was released in 2005.

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Cast

Plot summary

Reception

External links

Cast

★ Sandra Bullock — Gracie Hart

★ Michael Caine — Victor Melling

★ Benjamin Bratt — Eric Matthews

★ Candice Bergen — Kathy Morningside

★ Ernie Hudson — Harry McDonald

★ William Shatner — Stan Fields

★ Heather Burns — Cheryl Frasier

Plot summary

Gracie Hart (Bullock) is an FBI agent who goes undercover in the fictional Miss United States scholarship program/beauty pageant, on the lookout for a serial bomber. She is a feminist who is not traditionally attractive, and is turned into a more attractive woman going by the name of Gracie Lou Freebush... with the same tomboyish habits. She is seen overreacting to a gun-toting Texan, wearing a Tyrolean for her talent competition, much to the dismay of her mentor, Victor Melling (Michael Caine) and the director of the competition and former queen, Kathy Morningside (Candice Bergen), and using her on-stage talent to demonstrate self-defence techniques.
In the pageant itself, Hart was tabbed to advance to the top 15, but gets through on talent alone for the rest of the pageant; she eventually places second. It is revealed at the end of the movie that Morningside and her son Frank Tobin have plotted to sabotage the pageant; they are caught after the title crown (which is actually a bomb) detonates at conclusion of the pageant, and Gracie is awarded "Miss Congeniality" (although The Miss Congeniality award is usually given during the pageant itself, a custom in pageants such as Miss USA and Miss Universe) and starts a relationship with her partner Eric Matthews (Bratt).
In Germany, as well as Norway, the movie was released under the English title "Miss Undercover" (as the meaning of ''undercover'' would be better known), in Denmark under the title "Agent Catwalk", and in Italy and Portugal under the English title "Miss Detective". In Bulgaria, Sweden and in Spain the movie went by the name of "Miss Secret Agent". In Latin America it was released as "Miss Friendliness".

Reception

The movie was a box office hit, grossing more than $106 million at the U.S. box office and grossed over $212 million worldwide. It was nominated for several awards, including two Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for Sandra Bullock and Best Original Song - Motion Picture for Bosson's "One In A Million".

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