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Summary

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

Cast

Sandra Bullock

Gracie Hart

Benjamin Bratt

Eric Matthews

Michael Caine

Victor Melling

Candice Bergen

Kathy Morningside

William Shatner

Stan Fields

Ernie Hudson

Harry McDonald

John DiResta

Agent Clonsky

Heather Burns

Cheryl Frasier

Melissa De Sousa

Karen Krantz

Steve Monroe

Frank Tobin

Deirdre Quinn

Mary Jo Wright

Wendy Raquel Robinson

Leslie Davis

Asia De Marcos

Alana Krewson

Ken Thomas

Agent Harris

Gabriel Folse

Jerry Grant

Leeanne Locken Emberlin

Kelly Beth Kelley

John Cann

Russian Bodyguard

Laurie Guzda

Assistant Director

Lucien Douglas

Warehouse Hair Stylist

Mona Lee Fultz

Russian Waitress

Konstantin Selivanov

Ivan

Danny Kamin

Krashow

Eric Ian Goldberg

Alan

Mary Ashleigh Green

Young Gracie

Cody Linley

Tough Boy

Rupert Reyes

Security Guard

Jessica Holcomb

Beth Carter

Jennifer Gareis

Tina

Ellen H. Schwartz

Cassandra L. Small

Starbucks Cop

Marco Perella

Starbucks Guy

Cynthia Dorn

Preliminary Judge

Catenya McHenry

Newscaster

Paige Bishop

Warehouse Dentist

Pei-San Brown

Ali Lowchowski, Miss Arkansas

Kelly Bright

Jaimee Madison, Miss Minnesota

Farah White

Belinda Brown, Miss Tennessee

Pam Green

Katwyna Towers, Miss Washington

Angela Van De Walle

Uma Trough, Miss Oregon

Katy Dunlap

Miss Iowa

Bernadette Nason

Pageant Matron

Ellen H. Schwartz

Self

Georgia Foy

Lori, Miss United States

Isamari White

Lana Harmony Frankfurt, Miss Florida

Kimberly Crawford

Lily Hardywood, Miss Maine

Jamie Drake Stephens

Wynni Tracey Concellio, Miss Maryland

Dyan Conner

Penelope Likkum, Miss Massachusetts

Dee Dee Adams

Tinka Woods, Miss Missouri

Shana McClendon

Sky Greenleaves, Miss Nevada

Janie Terrazas

Hayley Downes, Miss New Mexico

Holly Mills

Olivia Einstein, Miss Ohio

Tarah Bartley

Vanessa Black-Wooding, Miss South Carolina

Summyr Miller

Inga van Horna, Miss Utah

Jessica Hale

Patricia De Le Marco Los Conchita Amelia Carolina Maria Moses, Miss Vermont

Deborah Abbott

Kiki Call, Miss District of Columbia

Camille Chen

Miss New Hampshire

Lisa Del Dotto

Miss South Dakota

Jennifer Matyear

Audience Member

Dawn McCoy

Miss Delaware

Nora J. Moore

Russian Woman

Mylinda Royer

Pageant Judge

Nita Rainwater

Miss Indiana

Hollie Stenson

Miss Wyoming

LaToya Ward

Pageant Manager

Michelle Yerger

Miss Idaho

Crew

Director

Donald Petrie

Writer

Marc Lawrence

Writer

Katie Ford

Writer

Caryn Lucas

Reviews

John Chard

July 1, 2015

The last time I was this naked in public I was coming out of a uterus!

Miss Congeniality finds Sandra Bullock as FBI Agent Gracie Hart, who must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a psychopath from committing untold homicide.

The premise is simple, it's a Pygmalion/My Fair Lady scenario that transforms the rough and tough Gracie into a viable contestant for the pageant. Thus we have all the comedy that comes with her literally battling everyone, including her own opinions on pageants, as she is being asked to be something she doesn't believe is in her make up. The mystery of who the killer is who's on the loose is strong for a good portion of film, and even once it's known and drama takes centre stage, it's still hard to get the smile off of your face.

The jokes are plentiful, with Bullock finding chemistry with all of her co-stars. She's a very under valued comedy actress, and her ability to bond with an entire cast is marvellous to observe. Reference sexual tension with Benjamin Bratt, the jousting hostilities with Ernie Hudson, the way she bounces off of the other beautiful girls, and best of all the by-play with Michael Caine, who is playing a camp stylist and walks in to lift the laughter roof off the rafters in every scene he is in.

It doesn't push the boundaries of comedy, but it's thankfully a consistently funny piece of work, aided by a super cast on form who make a better comedy out of what the screenplay suggested it had any right to be. 7/10