They end with a kiss, as if buying into the possibility of sleeping with the libidinous heel. Earlier in the film, one of the women mocks virginity. There are fisticuffs on a school playground. Gracie and Eric wrestle in a gym, kicking and throwing each other around quite hard until one gives in, inspiring onlookers to wager on the battle. A scuffle breaks out at the Miss United States pageant as law enforcement officials try to subdue the bad guys and Gracie tries to wrest away the winner s crown which is wired with explosives.
Sexual innuendo is common.
Eric enters a bar with a date and both order alcohol. For all of Gracie s noble disdain over the objectification of women, the movie does exactly that to draw and entertain its audience. Not only is flesh marched back and forth before the camera, but the poster promoting the film is racy enough that we didn t feel comfortable reprinting it alongside this review. Sandra Bullock not only stars in Miss Congeniality, she produced it. While You Were Sleeping is way overdue for a hit.