Miss Congeniality [2000]

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Title: Miss Congeniality

Runtime: 109 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Action

Director: Donald Petrie

Writer: Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, Caryn Lucas

Released year: 2000

Language: English

Related title(s): Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Casts: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen

Plot: 

Due to her misjudgment during an operation that may lead to a near disaster, Agent Gracie Hart was put out of fieldwork and had a possible disciplinary action taken on her. Due to this, her colleague, Eric Matthews had his first chance in leading team to capture a dangerous terrorist, The Citizen. Agent Gracie successfully decode the message sent by the terrorist and determined that the next attack will be at the be at the Miss United States beauty pageant program. The FBI then planned an undercover mission and due to the lack of female staff, Agent Gracie was put to be one of the contestant, despite her refusal. Agent Gracie is anything but a beauty pageant and due to her appearance and attitude, it concerned the former winner and host of the show, Cathy. To make Gracie fit as one of the contestant, the FBI team had contacted Victor, who used to be the pageant contestant coach to transform her. And along the way, Agent Gracie had learn the personality of the contestants and vows to protect them.

Trailer: 

This movie is often appeared in the recommendation videos that I watched on YouTube so here we are. First off, I love Sandra's character, as the tomboyish agent. She is the perfect person to play that role and it is so convincing when she and Agent Eric went on a sparring while on debate on her involvement as the undercover agent. 

I got so much laughter from this movie both from the plot and the dialogues. Especially when Gracie is in training  with Victor. She is everything he didn't want and to think that he successfully turned her over in just two days? Wow. She does look different from her tomboy self. The glow up. In just two days. Wish I could do that.

I could easily enjoyed the first half of the movie, with no stress, just laughter. The second half is where it got interesting with focusing on catching the citizen. The unexpected plot twist definitely got me doubting either Gracie are on the right track on catching the terrorist and prevent the disaster to happen. I still think it was one of the contestant and when it came to the light on who, it was quite shocking to say the least. I truly enjoyed every minute of the movie and it definitely will make it on my favorite list. I just loves the way they ended this movie. 

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