Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed and Fabulous Reviews

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It's not a taut psychological thriller; it's not a masterpiece of thought-provoking political satire; it's not a CGI-overloaded science fiction masterpiece or a gut-wrenching horror flick.

What did you guys expect it to be?

It may not make you laugh out loud - but it made us smile a lot.

It's not supposed to be realistic. (No-one can hold their breath underwater that long!) And Sandra Bullock is supposed to look 'a bit rough' in a lot of the film - was that too subtle for you to grasp or were you not even watching it?

If it's not your cup of tea (and a lot of people won't enjoy it) then go and watch something else and don't clutter up this website with statements of the obvious.

1hr and 40 mins of my life I am not getting back.

My girlfriend desperately wanted to see this movie and honestly I am not opposed to the odd chick flick! This was just bad though, the highlight was when I managed to catch forty winks near the end. A great shame really as it would have been better if I feel asleep at the start. Story is weak and they didn't even manage to get Micheal Caine back. Miss Bullock even looks a bit rough!

[Highly rated reviewer]

Shameless cash in

I loved Miss Congeniality 1 - Gracie Hart was a great creation, Michael Caine was wonderfully camp and the whole thing rolicked along, I'm fond of Sandra Bullock as an actress anyway. Now we come to the sequel. This was a pale imitation of the first film, but in the absence of almost everything that made the first one good, they tried for a buddy movie, but didn't spend enough time developing the characters and their relationship for this ever to be realistic. In fact, we don't even like Gracie for a good part of the film, she's not meant to be likeable and she isn't. Unfortunately cheering on Gracie is the whole point. My recommendation would be to skip this trash and watch the first one again instead. Surely Sandra Bullock is in such demand that she doesn't have to do rubbish like this.

Federal Bureau of Entertainment

The first Miss Congeniality film was silly, unrealistic, and slapstick, and, what's more, featured William Shatner from start to finish. But it was also hilarious, and is many a film lover's dirty little secret - hidden behind Emmanuelle, most likely.

The second, an unexpected development, doesn't quite hit the spot as often as the first, but after a marginally agonising start, soon becomes as silly and entertaining as its predecessor. Sandra Bullock is great in her return as snorting Fed Gracie Hart, particularly in the search for Stan Fields' mother in a Las Vegas retirement home. There are no awards heading this film's way, but there's nothing like a bit of good old family fun, is there, eh?

[Highly rated reviewer]

Uncongeniality

Oh the inhumanity. Yes, even I enjoyed the first movie. Sandra Bullock looked good, and between Michael Caine and William Shatner delivering the comedy you couldn't go far wrong.

But since Shatners part was reduced to a bit part, and Caine was replaced by a mannequin (or may as well have been) that just left Sandra, who must have taken leave of her acting senses to produce one of the worst performances of her professional career.

The storyline was poor, and the laughs were restricted to a few huffs, and this coming from a man who can roll about on the floor at some really unfunny stuff.

I wouldn't watch this again if it was the only film available on the last television channel on a rainy weekend somewhere really dull.

Pointless

I really liked 'Miss Congeniality' - sure it was shallow and silly, but it was good fun and had a lot of the Cinderella elements - the transformation, happy ending and even a prince, though a pretty dorky one.

Plus it starred Sandra Bullock. However 'Miss Congeniality 2' chucks out of the window almost all the things that made 1 enjoyable and tries to be a buddy movie without putting the necessary development into the characters. For much of the time, we don't even like our heroine. A sequel too far.

Bland. Boring. Bad. It's a Sandra Bullock movie.

Listless, needless sequel which fails to muster the frothy light-heartedness which made Miss Congeniality so likeable.

At heart it’s not much more than a barely coherent string of lame comic set-pieces, many of them direct rehashes of scenes in the original, and, although Bullock tries her very hardest to energise the proceedings, it would need a 10,000 volt electric shock to breathe life into material this stale.

Hollywood formula at its most formulaic.

Dreadful

I feel that two hours of my life were completely lost. There are very few jokes, the plot is as thin as can be and a big dissapointment. There are no positives to this film.

Miss Congeniality 2 is a fine sequel.

The film occasionally drags and overstates points, yet we're always invested in the anxious Gracie and abrasive Sam.

The jokes are hit or miss, but the appealing teamwork of Bullock and King gives the movie gleam.

Expected more

I know follow ups arent as good normally but I did expect more as I like Sandra.

It was worth watching though and amde a change from the ususal films we watch.