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1999

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There can be only one Miss Teen Princess and an overbearing mother will stop at nothing to make sure her daughter wins a beauty contest. A twisted comedy set in a small Minnesota town loaded with some very unladylike behavior. Watch out for the affected Midwestern accents! Read more

Starring	Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst
Director	Michael Patrick Jann
Genres	Comedy

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- Heavy-handed satire on small town life and the beauty business; the narrative becomes too contrived to provide much satisfaction.
- 30188
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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  superb..................
  
  this dvd is superb. This is a documentary spoof style film, about a teenage beauty pageant. It centres around what is supposed to be the oldest such pageant in... read more »
  
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- 485632
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - williamsgwynfa
  - 627 reviews
  - gwaenysgor
  - 17 Oct 2007 at 15:52
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  - 0
  Dropped Dead
  
  I generally watch a film from beginning to end as very often the story comes together in the last quarter, so to speak.
  
  I write this as a public ... read more »
  
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- 1075929
- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 25 Dec 2011 at 13:32
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  Not well known enough
  
  Hugely underrated film. Obvious satire with some hilariously subtle one liners.
  
  All star cast which actually does this film justice.
  
  Black... read more »
  
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- - Stonesey84
  - 1 review
  - 28 Jul 2011 at 08:59
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  - 1
  not good
  
  i haf to say this wasn't a good film I was falling asleep through the first hour, there were a few actually more like one or two good bits but to be honest ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 13 May 2011 at 19:45
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  - 3
  Suicidal tendencies begin to show
  
  I swear if you watch this, you will hate it. The characters you actually contemplate hunting down and butchering, pointless plot and incomparably s*** sense of ... read more »
  
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- 980425
- - Richard1989
  - 8 reviews
  - 09 Apr 2011 at 04:34
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  Quite Funny....
  
  I watched this film on a recommendation from a friend who seemed to think that the darker type of comedy would appeal to me (she knows me so well!)
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 28 Oct 2010 at 20:57
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  - 5
  Aweful
  
  I actually fell asleep watching this film. It's absolutely aweful and completely BORING!
  
  If your looking for a laugh, or want a film like Miss ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Oxford
  - 26 Feb 2009 at 17:50
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  Who says American satire is dead?
  
  This is a seriously funny film, deeply subversive and a great piece of work. What it's not is a satire on the vacuousness of beauty pageants.
  
  DDG... read more »
  
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  - Folkestone
  - 10 Feb 2009 at 11:50
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  Blacker than black!!!!
  
  This is just brilliant from start to finish! This black comedy centres around the trailer trash world of Beauty Competions, and the frankly brilliant cast ... read more »
  
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- - Karen931
  - 212 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 18 Aug 2008 at 09:37
- - 25
  - 12
  superb..................
  
  this dvd is superb. This is a documentary spoof style film, about a teenage beauty pageant. It centres around what is supposed to be the oldest such pageant in... read more »
  
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- 485632
- - williamsgwynfa
  - 627 reviews
  - gwaenysgor
  - 17 Oct 2007 at 15:52
- - 1
  - 0
  good film
  
  this film was good i would recommend
  
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- - rebecca
  - scotland
  - 06 Mar 2007 at 19:11
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- - 25
  - 12
  superb..................
  
  this dvd is superb. This is a documentary spoof style film, about a teenage beauty pageant. It centres around what is supposed to be the oldest such pageant in... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 485632
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - williamsgwynfa
  - 627 reviews
  - gwaenysgor
  - 17 Oct 2007 at 15:52
- - 14
  - 1
  Sick..Sick...Sick...but FUNNY !!
  
  A lot of people don't find this as funny as I do. It just seems to smack my funny bone full on. The humour is mignight black with jokes about anorexia, ... read more »
  
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- - Hurdlemagurdle
  - 77 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 18 May 2004 at 09:55
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  - 0
  totally surprising!
  
  Me and my husband sat down to watch this - him with that "Oh god its a chick flick" look on his face - and then we both laughed our heads off. Not ... read more »
  
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- - posyflump
  - london
  - 03 Dec 2003 at 12:12
- - 6
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  A good laugh at middle america
  
  Okay, the plot may be a bit clunky at times, but this is a good, dark dig at all those things that terrify us about modern America heartland: christian ... read more »
  
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- - pinkie
  - london
  - 08 Sep 2004 at 20:42
- - 4
  - 1
  Americans are learning decent humor!!!
  
  I used to watch this film a lot when I ran a video shop a few years ago, and rented just to see if it was as funny as I remember.......it is.
  
  If ... read more »
  
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- 55749
- - a customer
  - Leeds, West Yorkshire
  - 26 Nov 2004 at 08:47
- - 2
  - 0
  Blacker than black!!!!
  
  This is just brilliant from start to finish! This black comedy centres around the trailer trash world of Beauty Competions, and the frankly brilliant cast ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 615300
- - Karen931
  - 212 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 18 Aug 2008 at 09:37
- - 2
  - 0
  Who says American satire is dead?
  
  This is a seriously funny film, deeply subversive and a great piece of work. What it's not is a satire on the vacuousness of beauty pageants.
  
  DDG... read more »
  
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- 705897
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  - Folkestone
  - 10 Feb 2009 at 11:50
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  Funny as hell
  
  Sooo funny! One of the best black comedies I've seen in a while.
  
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- - a customer
  - Yorkshire
  - 06 Apr 2005 at 18:22
- - 1
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  Funny
  
  This is a classic mockumentary. Great casting and very funny script. Great mocking of American beauty pagents. Not too serious, fun that everyone could enjoy.
  
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- - robk1
  - middlesex
  - 05 Mar 2005 at 10:22
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  Dead Funny!
  
  If you enjoy mickey takes of beauty pageants, you will enjoy this film!
  
  With an all-star cast (who work really well together, for a change!), the ... read more »
  
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- 372135
- - a customer
  - York, England
  - 08 Oct 2006 at 16:26

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Critics' reviews
- Heavy-handed satire on small town life and the beauty business; the narrative becomes too contrived to provide much satisfaction.
- 30188
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
- "...There's much about DROP DEAD GORGEOUS - a satire on all things small-town and ultra-feminine - to shock and tickle..."
- 7652
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- This sicko spin on Michael Ritchie's Smile is tailor made for modern audiences who feel free to laugh at violent death,... read more on Time Out
- 43310
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
- "...Extremely funny...A blissfully malicious attack on everything cloying and sentimental..."
- 7653
- - Total Film
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...A fitfully amusing satire..."
- 7654
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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- Drop Dead Gorgeous
  
  There can be only one Miss Teen Princess and an overbearing mother will stop at nothing to make sure her daughter wins a beauty contest. A twisted comedy set in a small Minnesota town loaded with some very unladylike behavior. Watch out for the affected Midwestern accents!...