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MISS CONGENIALITY (2000) PG-13; running time 110 minutes Genre: Comedy/Action Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan) Official site: http://www.misscongeniality.net/ IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0212346 Written by: Katie Ford, Marc Lawrence, Caryn Lucas Directed by: Donald Petrie Cast: Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Caine, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Heather Burns, Melissa De Sousa, Diedre Quinn, Asia De Marcos, Steve Monroe (Frank)
Review Copyright Rose Cooper, 2000 Review URL: http://www.3blackchicks.com/bamscongeniality.html
After being completely underwhelmed by Sandra "Speed" Bullock in forgettable flick-lites like SPEED 2, 28 DAYS, and the completely unentertaining THE NET, I figured MISS CONGENIALITY would be a total bust.
I do so love it when I'm proven wrong.
The Story (WARNING: **spoilers contained below**): >From the time she was a young girl growing up in New Jersey, Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) was what's commonly referred to as a "tomboy". Young Gracie felt she had an obligation to protect and serve those who couldn't do so for themselves. Naturally, that obligation led her to become an FBI agent, under no-nonsense supervisor McDonald (Ernie Hudson), who was wary of Hart's hard-edged, gung-ho tactics.
His wariness was proven out when rough-and-tumble Hart went against his orders, endangering the lives of fellow FBI agents, including Handsomely Rugged Eric Matthews (Benjamin Bratt); because of this, McDonald makes Hart cool her jets at her desk. But when Matthews gets assigned to run his own Ops in pursuit of the terrorist known as The Citizen, Matthews convinces McDonald to let Hart be used as bait when they learn of The Citizen's next target: the Miss United States Beauty Pageant.
Excuse me, I meant "Scholarship Contest". Or so says Cathy Morningside (Candice Bergen), pageant...er, contest sponsor, aging ex-beauty queen, and co-host, along with the equally aging Stan Fields (William Shatner). The idea is for Gracie to be planted in the contest as Miss New Jersey, alongside fellow contestants including Miss Rhode Island (Heather Burns), Miss California (Wendy Raquel Robinson), Miss New York (Melissa De Sousa), Miss Texas (Diedre Quinn), and Miss Hawaii (Asia De Marcos). Only one problem: this Miss New Jersey is a slob. Enter Victor Melling (Michael Caine), a pageant consultant with Issues.
The Upshot: No one was more surprised than I was to hear myself laughing throughout the movie MISS CONGENIALITY - and at appropriate times, no less!
Sandra Bullock was a delight to watch from start to finish; not since SPEED has she seemed so Lucille Ball-esque in her mixed of roughneck charm and physical humor, blended with a natural beauty that shined even under all the grit. It was nice to see some of the qualities in her that made SPEED such fun to watch.
But contrary to the views of some of my fellow critics, Bullock didn't have to carry this flick alone; she was ably assisted by the almost always-brilliant Michael Caine as disgruntled diva-maker Victor Melling, flat out hilarious in yet another good role. The quick wit sparring between Bullock and Caine was as good a bit of acting, editing, and writing as I've seen in any mainstream comedy this year. Add Candice Bergen to the mix as an acerbically funny ex-beauty queen, and Benjamin Bratt as the ObStud, and you have a recipe for a purty darn good flick.
Strangely enough, William Shatner's campy pageant queen, Stan Fields, did nothing for me; I went in expecting Shatner to chew up scenery in classic Captain Kirk With-A-Twist mode, but he just fell flat. In fact, other than the need for having a separate groomsman and show host, Shatner's Fields was an unnecessary duplication of efforts; Caine could've more than ably handled playing the host (though I would've sorely missed his showing Gracie how to "glide". Nah, the tradeoff wouldn't have been worth it at all).
Don't think too much about the obligatory (for FBI involvement) "mystery" of The Citizen; that part was all smoke and mirrors. At heart, it's the interplay between Bullock and Caine, cute teasing from Bullock and Bratt, and catty, but fun overall, flow between all of Gracie's fellow pageant entrants, that made this flick surprisingly good. I'm no fan of beauty cattlecalls...er, I mean, pageants...but the chicks of MISS CONGENIALITY - along with their cohort, Michael Caine - made the fictional Miss United States Scholarship Contest, a winner.
The "Black Factor" [ObDisclaimer: We Are Not A Monolith]: Diva and I often talk about Spot in our reviews - you know, that one Black person that you know was included as Diversity Filler, just to show that Lead Character X Has Black Friends, Too. The Black pageant entrants in MISS CONGENIALITY - Miss California (Wendy Raquel Robinson) and Miss New York (Melissa De Sousa, late of THE BEST MAN) - showed no signs of Spottage; they looked and acted like they belonged right where they were.
And speaking of De Sousa, look for a funny spotlight on her late in the movie. By that time, I thought all the laughs were over. I was, fortunately, wrong again.
Bammer's Bottom Line: MISS CONGENIALITY brought out the humorous best in Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, and believe it or not, Candice Bergman. I haven't seen Bullock this slap-my-knee funny since SPEED. Nope, I take that back: she was even better in "Miss". I'm going to see it again when it opens next week.
MISS CONGENIALITY (rating: greenlight): Any woman that can toss a man around in evening wear and come up smiling, is One Kewl Chick in my book!
Rose "Bams" Cooper Webchick and Editor, 3BlackChicks Review Movie Reviews With Flava! Copyright Rose Cooper, 2000 EMAIL<EMAIL_ADDRESS>http://www.3blackchicks.com/
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There was once upon a time a poor miller who had a very beautiful daughter. Now it happened one day that he had an audience with the King, and in order to appear a person of some importance he told him that he had a daughter who could spin straw into gold. “Now that’s a talent worth having,” said the King to the miller; “if your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to my palace to-morrow, and I’ll put her to the test.” When the girl was brought to him he led her into a room full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and spindle, and said: “Now set to work and spin all night till early dawn, and if by that time you haven’t spun the straw into gold you shall die.” Then he closed the door behind him and left her alone inside.
So the poor miller’s daughter sat down, and didn’t know what in the world she was to do. She hadn’t the least idea of how to spin straw into gold, and became at last so miserable that she began to cry. Suddenly the door opened, and in stepped a tiny little man and said: “Good-evening, Miss Miller-maid; why are you crying so bitterly?” “Oh!” answered the girl, “I have to spin straw into gold, and haven’t a notion how it’s done.” “What will you give me if I spin it for you?” asked the manikin. “My necklace,” replied the girl. The little man took the necklace, sat himself down at the wheel, and whir, whir, whir, the wheel went round three times, and the bobbin was full. Then he put on another, and whir, whir, whir, the wheel went round three times, and the second too was full; and so it went on till the morning, when all the straw was spun away, and all the bobbins were full of gold. As soon as the sun rose the King came, and when he perceived the gold he was astonished and delighted, but his heart only lusted more than ever after the precious metal. He had the miller’s daughter put into another room full of straw, much bigger than the first, and bade her, if she valued her life, spin it all into gold before the following morning. The girl didn’t know what to do, and began to cry; then the door opened as before, and the tiny little man appeared and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw into gold for you?” “The ring from my finger,” answered the girl. The manikin took the ring, and whir! round went the spinning-wheel again, and when morning broke he had spun all the straw into glittering gold. The King was pleased beyond measure at the sights but his greed for gold was still not satisfied, and he had the miller’s daughter brought into a yet bigger room full of straw, and said: “You must spin all this away in the night; but if you succeed this time you shall become my wife.” “She’s only a miller’s daughter, it’s true,” he thought; “but I couldn’t find a richer wife if I were to search the whole world over.” When the girl was alone the little man appeared for the third time, and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw for you once again?” “I’ve nothing more to give,” answered the girl. “Then promise me when you are Queen to give me your first child.” “Who knows what may not happen before that?” thought the miller’s daughter; and besides, she saw no other way out of it, so she promised the manikin what he demanded, and he set to work once more and spun the straw into gold. When the King came in the morning, and found everything as he had desired, he straightway made her his wife, and the miller’s daughter became a queen.
When a year had passed a beautiful son was born to her, and she thought no more of the little man, till all of a sudden one day he stepped into her room and said: “Now give me what you promised.” The Queen was in a great state, and offered the little man all the riches in her kingdom if he would only leave her the child. But the manikin said: “No, a living creature is dearer to me than all the treasures in the world.” Then the Queen began to cry and sob so bitterly that the little man was sorry for her, and said: “I’ll give you three days to guess my name, and if you find it out in that time you may keep your child.”
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BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2001 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): **
In the romantic comedy BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Renée Zellweger looks absolutely awful as Bridget Jones. With a splotchy complexion, bulges everywhere and stringy hair, Bridget eats, drinks and smokes too much. She also dresses like a carpet. Badly miscast as the British heroine, Zellweger, in a monotonic performance, never gives us much reason to care.
Although Bridget has a serious and supposedly hopeless crush on her boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), Richard Curtis and Andrew Davies's script has Bridget and Daniel quickly hopping into bed together. In the role of the man clearly designed to be the only man to deserve her, Colin Firth plays the dour lawyer Mark Darcy like a man with a constant case of intestinal problems. In a one-dimensional part, Embeth Davidtz plays Natasha, Mark's anal-retentive fellow lawyer and would-be fiancée.
Bridget, who writes in her diary in narration, is a 32 year old who worries about dying a spinster and being eaten alive by dogs. (No such luck.) Her television choices consist of things like the death scene from FATAL ATTRACTION followed by a nature program on humping lions. In case we forget how we're supposed to feel about Bridget's aspirations and emotions, the film's heavy musical accompaniment is also there to remind us.
"Stay calm -- can't get worse," Bridget admonishes herself when she is having yet another social disaster. I kept trying to remember that advice while waiting for the ending credits to arrive.
BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY runs a long 1:35. It is rated R for language and some strong sexuality and would be acceptable for most teenagers.
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