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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
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 |
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| Director | Michael Patrick Jann |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Critics' reviews (6)
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This highly sophisticated black comedy takes the form of a pseudo-documentary as it follows a small-town beauty pageant from the auditions to the glitz and glamour of the finals. Kirsten Dunst, a sweet girl from a trailer-trash background, is pitted against spoilt little rich girl Denise Richards. Meanwhile, someone in town is knocking off their competition. Ellen Barkin and Kirstie Alley are both excellent as the girls' cat-fighting mothers, and overall this is a very refreshing and ironic take on suburban American life. Director Michael Patrick Jann has succeeded in making an accessible and intelligent independent film in the same vein as Fargo, and the result is so much more interesting than the usual Hollywood fare.
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Heavy-handed satire on small town life and the beauty business; the narrative becomes too contrived to provide much satisfaction.
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"...There's much about DROP DEAD GORGEOUS - a satire on all things small-town and ultra-feminine - to shock and tickle..."
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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21 out of 33 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
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... more
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14 out of 15 people found this review helpful
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, ... more
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
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 ... more
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- Karen931 from Edinburgh
- Posted 18 Aug 2008 09:37
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21 out of 33 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
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... more
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14 out of 15 people found this review helpful
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, ... more
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
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 ... more
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- Karen931 from Edinburgh
- Posted 18 Aug 2008 09:37
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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.
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Funny
A black comedy that I was not to sure about before renting. It is a good laugh and worth a watch.
Critics' reviews (6)
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This highly sophisticated black comedy takes the form of a pseudo-documentary as it follows a small-town beauty pageant from the auditions to the glitz and glamour of the finals. Kirsten Dunst, a sweet girl from a trailer-trash background, is pitted against spoilt little rich girl Denise Richards. Meanwhile, someone in town is knocking off their competition. Ellen Barkin and Kirstie Alley are both excellent as the girls' cat-fighting mothers, and overall this is a very refreshing and ironic take on suburban American life. Director Michael Patrick Jann has succeeded in making an accessible and intelligent independent film in the same vein as Fargo, and the result is so much more interesting than the usual Hollywood fare.
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Heavy-handed satire on small town life and the beauty business; the narrative becomes too contrived to provide much satisfaction.
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"...There's much about DROP DEAD GORGEOUS - a satire on all things small-town and ultra-feminine - to shock and tickle..."
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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
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"...Extremely funny...A blissfully malicious attack on everything cloying and sentimental..."
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"...A fitfully amusing satire..."
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