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Despite Gracie's mannish demeanor, Eric, with no other undercover female agent remotely fitting the demographic, assigns her to go undercover as a pageant contestant to see if she can flush out The Citizen, who is perhaps one of the other contestants. Although the pageant administration, led by former ... Written by Huggo She's Got A Killer To Catch... Right After The Swimsuit Competition. See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for sexual references and a scene of violence | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 22 December 2000 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $13,853,686 (USA) (22 December 2000) Gross: The people working in Starbucks were actual Starbucks employees. See more » Goofs When Gracie is practicing gliding down the street, a large crowd can be seen watching the filming from the other side of the road. See more » Quotes Victor Melling : If I'd ever had a daughter, I imagine she might have been something like you... which is perhaps why I've never reproduced.

User Reviews There are 100 things wrong with it...but you may catch yourself smiling after thinking it over 4 October 2001 | by moonspinner55 (las vegas, nv) – See all my reviews It's over-the-top, it's occasionally offensive--to men, to women, to gays, to lesbians, and to poor Miss Hawaii--but "Miss Congeniality" has Sandra Bullock, and she's wonderful. The opening moments, with FBI agent Bullock busting Russians in a restaurant sting operation, are so good that the movie might've played very well as an FBI comedy-drama, with Bullock on different cases. I mean, maybe they should've ditched the pageant stuff, at least until next time. But, no, Bullock goes undercover as a contestant in the Miss U.S. pageant, and the movie turns into your typical makeover thing. Lots of breast jokes, TOO many high heel pratfalls, and Michael Caine as a peculiar makeover artist (he's "dripping with disdain" one minute, fatherly the next, then bitter, then cuddly).

Bullock has no chemistry with Benjamin Bratt as her boss on the operation (that's not her fault, however) and I wanted more of her home life (and that doomed microwave oven), but what works does work well. Sandra's "bonding" paint party with the girls is terrific, as is her friendship with shaky Miss Rhode Island and her attempts to face down snarling Ernie Hudson as the FBI chieftain (who, like in "Ghostbusters", gets no funny lines). The movie rests solely on Bullock's shoulders, and she delivers. It may not be comic genius, but it is congenial. **1/2 from **** 12 of 14 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Miss Congeniality (2000) | Free online movies Free online movies Watch Miss Congeniality – 2000 online streaming full movie in HD for free. Stream Miss Congeniality full movie free in good quality without download online. Streaming Miss Congeniality (2000) full movie online HD free. The Miss Congeniality was the movie in 2000 that’s directed by Donald Petrie.

This Action movie was released on 22 Dec 2000 in the theater. The Miss Congeniality movie starred by Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart and also Benjamin Bratt as Eric Matthews. Are you looking for place to watch full movies online without downloading? Here you can watch Miss Congeniality (2000). You can also stream and download new and old full movies online. Enjoy and relax streaming full Miss Congeniality movie in good quality online. People come here search for : streaming Miss Congeniality dvd quality, watch Miss Congeniality dvdrip online free, stream Miss Congeniality on youtube full movie, Miss Congeniality blu ray stream, Miss Congeniality youtube full movie, watch Miss Congeniality live stream, streaming Miss Congeniality movie online. Miss Congeniality 2000 Detail / Info Genre : Action, Comedy Release Date : 22 Dec 2000 Rating : 6.1 Writer : Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, Caryn Lucas Director : Donald Petrie Company : Warner Bros.

Pictures Movie Casts : Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart, Benjamin Bratt as Eric Matthews,Michael Caine as Victor Melling, Candice Bergen as Kathy Morningside, William Shatner as Stan Fields, Ernie Hudson as Harry McDonald The Synopsis / Storyline of Miss Congeniality Gracie Hart is a tough-as-nails FBI officer. When her office receives a letter from a terrorist going by the alias “The Citizen”, they figure out that he’s planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because Hart is the only female officer at her office, she’s chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey. An FBI agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event. Miss Congeniality (Film) - TV Tropes Miss Congeniality You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share WMG The most beautiful klutz in the world... When a terrorist threat is made to the Miss United States pageant/scholarship program, the FBI must send in one of their undercover agents to find out the truth and stop disaster from occurring. But who can they send?

Their list of possibilities is quickly narrowed to a single contender, Gracie Hart ( Sandra Bullock ), who is slender, pretty and fetching in a swimsuit. Now for the snag... she's also a hard-hitting, gun-toting tomboy whose demeanor is about as feminine as Dolph Lundgren . As events continue, it becomes apparent that disaster may well be nigh, and it's down to Hart to successfully imitate a pageant contestant, win the trust of the other ladies and discover who is planning to turn a harmless pageant into a horror movie. This 2000 movie was followed by a 2005 sequel, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. The first movie contains examples of: Ambiguously Gay : Victor Melling ( Michael Caine ), the man hired to teach Grace how to be feminine. Victor Melling: [teaching Gracie how to glide] See? Glide. It's all in the buttocks. Don't I look pretty? Gracie Hart: It takes a very secure man to walk like that. And of course played with later on... Victor Melling: He's with me.

Eric Matthews: I'm not "with him" with him , you know? It's not like... Victor Melling: Come on, Muffin! Of course, he is very eager to get Eric to join Gracie and him for lunch when he first meets him... Annoying Laugh : Whenever Gracie laughs, she also does an oinking-like snort. Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other !: Other hints of attraction and the urgency of the situation aside, Eric's cry of "Gracie!" as she fumbles with the rigged crown is filled with just the right emotion to invoke this trope. Props to Benjamin Bratt! Background Halo : Cathy Morningside gets a Background Crown. Beauty Contest : The central premise. Belligerent Sexual Tension : Hart and Matthews, big time. The more refreshing part is that the sexual tension is clearly present before she gets the makeover, which keeps him from being a Satellite Love Interest . Betrayal by Inaction : As Gracie frantically tries to plead her case to her superior, she is chewed out and dismissed while her partner stands there silently, never saying a word in her defense.

Afterwards, she lashes out at him, who snaps, "Don't look at me like I betrayed you or something". To which she responds, "No, betrayal implies actually doing something. You just stood there." Brick Joke : During the pageant when Gracie is trying to get at Cheryl, she punches Mary Jo in the face. In the finale, Mary Jo can be seen wearing a band-aid on her nose. California Doubling : The first movie was entirely filmed in Texas, despite starting in New York (to make for a more convincing street, Austin had brown plastic bags of fake trash and fake NYC taxi cabs). The second is mostly on location, except for a New York scene which clearly has a Las Vegas hotel in the background. The Cast Showoff : An in-movie example. When Gracie is stuck without a talent before the show, she decides to improv and show her FBI combat training instead. Also, the actresses are actually doing the talent tricks — except for Cheryl with the fire batons. Heather Burns was willing to learn how to twirl, but not to expose herself to flames (a professional replaces her). Chekhov's Gun : Gracie's water glass trick.

Also the "hits" to her enemies' instep and nose (in the prologue), and solar plexus and groin. SING! Cute Clumsy Girl : Gracie, even before they put her in something other than sneakers. Deadpan Snarker : Gracie and Eric and Victor. Demoted to Extra : Understandably, most of the pageant contestants. The only ones that were actually in the movie for any decent amount of time (aside from Gracie as New Jersey) were Rhode Island, California, New York, Texas, and Hawaii. Dirty Harriet : Variant. Victor Melling: They've got their Southern Belles, their Midwestern farmer's daughters, spunky Western cowgirls, and I have... Dirty Harriet. Does This Remind You of Anything? : Gracie's desperate to save Cheryl by yanking the rigged crown off her head makes her look like an insanely jealous losing contestant. Dramatically Missing the Point : Victor does this when Gracie tries to point out that the crown is rigged: Gracie: It's the crown! Victor: Yes, it is! You can taste it now, can't you?

[Gracie is taken to the stage, wildly pointing at her head while she protests about the crown, while Victor cheers her on] Victor: Yes, yes. You wear the crown, be the crown, you are the crown! Drunk on Milk : One of the first scenes shows Gracie at a bar ordering "a pint" and the bartender asking if she's sure. He hands her a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Embarrassing Nickname : When Eric creates her cover ID, he gives her the name "Gracie Lou Freebush," a name she made fun of earlier in the movie and that she absolutely loathes. Extended Disarming : Gracie can hide an amazing number of weapons (and donuts) in her pageant gown. Victor: What? No armored car? Gracie: That would be in my other dress. Fanservice : In a movie whose general premise requires casting several dozen of the most gorgeous women you can find? Where most scenes take place backstage where the girls are only half dressed in silk robes? Where several scenes are a literal parade of women in swimsuits? You're kidding! Word of God says that the scene with Benjamin Bratt in the film is also strictly Mr. Fanservice .

Freudian Slip : After one of the losing contestants in the pageant suddenly comes out as being a lesbian as she walks off the stage, Stan Fields accidentally makes one. "And we'll be right back with our five final lesbians. —Interviews!" Fun with Acronyms : Gracie demonstrates a well-known self-defense mnemonic: Gracie Hart: (on defending against an attack from the rear) Just remember to SING: Solar plexus! Instep! Nose! Groin! Gracie: He had a gun! Cathy: This is Texas. Everybody has a gun. My florist has a gun! Help Mistaken for Attack : Gracie's trying to get the crown off Cheryl's head to save her life, but everyone assumes she's an insanely jealous loser trying to steal it. Hidden Wire : Gracie wears one of these, unless she's just had an argument with someone at the FBI. Hotter and Sexier : With an extra pun for a bonus. When he see Cheryl's baton twirling at the preliminaries at the Alamo, she does a very innocent routine to patriotic music with a very conservative outfit.

Later on, after Gracie encourages her to be more confident in herself, she does a much sexier routine to hip-hop music (with batons on fire, hence the "hotter.") Improbable Age : Miss USA contestants have to be between 18 and 27. Sandra Bullock was 35 when the first film was made (an in-movie case of Dawson Casting , since Gracie mentions in an off-hand remark that she's at least thirty, but the FBI are still trying to pass her off as being in her twenties). While they tried to explain Bullock's age as her being the best they can find, a few other girls were too old as well. Heather Burns (Rhode Island) and Deirdre Quinn (Texas) were all right, being 25 and 27, respectively, but Wendy Raquel Robinson (California) and Melissa De Sousa (New York) were both 33. Inspirationally Disadvantaged : Mentioned as the one time one of Victor's girls didn't win the crown during his heyday: "The year we lost, the winner was a deaf-mute.

You can't beat that." Ironic Echo : "It is not a beauty pageant — it is a scholarship program!" [rolls eyes] Yeah, yeah. Yes! Ironic Name : Gracie is usually a nickname of "Grace," which is ironic since she's not really gracious (def. "Courteous, kind, and pleasant") or graceful (def. "Having or showing grace or elegance") Like a Daughter to Me : Vic says that if he had a daughter, she'd be like Gracie. Of course, he backpedals and says that's the reason why he doesn't have children. Lovable Alpha Bitch : Miss Texas certainly wants to win and looks shocked and furious when she doesn't — but she still helps Gracie out and is nice to the other girls. She also tries to intervene in what she thinks are Gracie's crazed attempts at taking the crown from Cheryl, not realizing that Gracie is trying to save Cheryl's life. Meaningful Echo : "I really do want World Peace". A Minor Kidroduction : We're introduced to Gracie when she's reading a Nancy Drew book in elementary school.

She defends a boy she has a crush on from bullies, but when he calls her a loser for making it look like he needs a girl to protect him, she punches him in the face and calls him a wimp when he runs away. Name's the Same : Eric Matthews Never Heard That One Before : A sleazy pageant assistant is reading off the names of the contestants. When he gets to Miss Washington, he comments, "Nice apples". Which Washington State is known for, but he's clearly referring to either her breasts or buttocks. Her reaction makes it quite clear this isn't the first time she's heard something like this. Miss Washington: Original. You come up with that all by yourself? Never My Fault : At the end, when Morningside's murder attempt is exposed and she is arrested by Gracie, she blames everyone and everything but herself. Morningside: [to Gracie] You think you saved something tonight, but all you did was to destroy the dream of young women all over this country! Gracie: What, you think that their dream is to get blown up?

Obfuscating Stupidity : Most of the girls come across as the stereotypes Gracie associates with pageants, but for the most part this is because the girls are all very well-trained in saying exactly the right things to get them the points needed to win, even if makes them seem brainless. Cheryl, who spends most of the film appearing to be a sweet and gentle Dumb Blonde , turns out to be a nuclear physicist. Painful Body Waxing Panty Shot : Of a sort. Gracie wears frilly bloomers as part of her "talent show" outfit. Power Walk : In both films. The first is the reveal, where we see She Cleans Up Nicely . In the sequel, Gracie and her partner/bodyguard have one when they put on their dark suits. Precision F-Strike : A loose wire getting reconnected resulted in Gracie getting a painful blast of feedback in her ear. When she screams out "Jesus Christ!" the other contestants are horrified. She eventually turns it around by saying she forgot to pray before eating breakfast. Rape as Backstory : Cheryl was sexually assaulted by one of her college professors and never told anyone until she drunkenly confides in Gracie during a night out.

Played with in that Cheryl doesn't exhibit any of the usual angst issues associated with the trope. Recitation Handclasp : As part of Miss California's opera stuff. Right Behind Me : Eric's boss doesn't appreciate being Photoshopped into a bikini. Eric's boss is male. Eric Matthews: We were just looking for someone to go undercover at the Pageant, sir. McDonald: And I'm the best we got. That doesn't inspire much confidence. Running Gag : "You think I'm goooorgeous, you want to kissss me..." Tomboy : Gracie. Tomboy and Girly Girl : Gracie and every other contestant, except probably for Miss New York. Triumphant Reprise : Tom Jones's "She's a Lady" first plays as Gracie arrives with the pageant girls (in a bit of irony). It gets played again at the end when Gracie gets the Miss Congeniality award. Ungrateful Bastard : As a kid, Gracie defended a boy she liked from bullies, only to be insulted by him because he didn't want everyone to think he needed a girl to stand up for him. She responded by punching him in the nose.

Unresolved Sexual Tension : Gracie and Matthews. Weaponized Headgear : Cathy Morningside has rigged the prize crown with explosive and intents to detonate t immediately after it's handed over to the winner. What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway? : In the movie, Miss Rhode Island's baton twirling talent is treated this way. But during the talent scene at the Alamo, one girl's talent seemed to be making balloon animals. Gracie Hart: Cheryl would never refer to her ass as her booty! Cheryl would never refer to her ass, period! She calls it her "popo"! Playing Gertrude : Eileen Brennan, who plays Stan Fields' mom, is actually a year younger than William Shatner. Power Walk : Gracie and Sam get one after reverting to their grey FBI suits. Recursive Crossdressing : Sam Fuller's head almost explodes at the prospect of going undercover as a Drag Queen : Sam Fuller: I am not going out there as a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be Tina Turner. I can't afford therapy on my salary.

Recycled Soundtrack : During the scene where Sam and Gracie rescue Cheryl and Stan, you can hear "Building the Crate" and "The Chickens Are Revolting" from Chicken Run in the background. In fact, this movie is one of the all-time great cases of Recycled Soundtrack , as the film is packed with cues from other movies (including two other Sandra Bullock movies, Two Weeks Notice and the first Miss Congeniality). This does have some original music (by John Van Tongeren, Christophe Beck and Randy Edelman ), but apparently not much... Ruined Forever : Gracie's undercover career after the epic fame she earned saving the Miss United States Pageant. Miss Congeniality (2000) – Movie Reviews Categories Movie Reviews , Uncategorized Miss Congeniality is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas, and starring Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, and Candice Bergen. (source; Wikipedia) Plot: The film opens with a flashback to Gracie Hart’s childhood. Gracie (Mary Ashleigh Green) is in a school playground where one boy is bullying another.

She steps in and beats up the bully to help the victim, a boy she likes. But instead of being grateful, he feels humiliated at being rescued “by a girl,” and gets angry at her. She promptly punches him in the nose and then sulks alone in the playground. Fast-forward to the present day, and Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) is an FBI Special Agent. In the middle of an operation against Russian mobsters, the target starts to choke on some food, and Gracie disobeys her superior’s command in order to prevent the target from choking. As a result, a member of her squad gets shot, and she is reprimanded by being reassigned to a desk job. Soon afterwards, the bureau learns that there has been a bomb threat against the 75th annual Miss United States beauty pageant in San Antonio, Texas, which the bureau determines came from the notorious domestic terrorist known as “The Citizen”. Gracie’s partner, Special Agent Eric Matthews (Benjamin Bratt), is chosen to lead the mission to prevent the attack.

Despite Eric’s position as a lead agent in charge, it is apparent that Gracie is the more capable agent, as Eric is unsure of how to proceed and takes credit for Gracie’s suggestions. One of Gracie’s suggestions is to put an agent undercover at the pageant. Gracie’s male colleagues then proceed to have a bit of fun running the digital images of female and male agents through a website meant for children to play dress up with their dolls. Despite the immature and chauvinistic actions of the agents, Eric recognizes that Gracie is the female FBI agent best qualified for the undercover job. Beauty pageant coach Victor Melling (Michael Caine), whose reputation was ruined after his last contestant criticized his methods, teaches the tomboyish Gracie how to dress, walk, and act like a contestant. She is not used to such behavior, however, and sees the pageant and its participants as “antifeminist “. Eventually though Victor and Gracie come to respect each other’s strengths. Representing New Jersey as “Gracie Lou Freebush”, Gracie impresses the audience by playing the glass harp and demonstrating self-defense techniques during the talent competition.

She also unexpectedly becomes friends with the other contestants, in particular Miss Rhode Island, Cheryl Frasier (Heather Burns) Several suspects emerge, including the corrupt competition director and former pageant winner Kathy Morningside (Candice Bergen); her unpleasant assistant Frank Tobin (Steve Monroe); the veteran pageant MC Stan Fields (William Shatner) who, like Kathy, is being replaced with a younger person; and last but not least Cheryl, who appears to have a history as a radical animal rights activist. While Gracie takes Cheryl and some of the other girls out partying, in an attempt to seek out more information about Cheryl’s past through “girl talk”, The Citizen is arrested elsewhere on an unrelated charge. After hearing what some of the other contestants said about Kathy Morningside’s past (she won the pageant only after the original winner “mysteriously” contracted food poisoning), Gracie begins to suspect her, and is worried about the safety of the girls. Her boss thinks that her suspicions are groundless and that the pageant is out of danger now that the Citizen has been arrested. He calls off the mission. Gracie opts to turn in her badge and gun and continue the investigation alone.

Eric initially fails to support Gracie and is about to return to the bureau when he figures out that Gracie’s suspicions must be correct, and returns to help her. In the final round of the pageant, Gracie earns 1st Runner up while Cheryl becomes Miss United States. Gracie realizes that Kathy Morningside and Frank Tobin — unknown to anyone (except Victor) is Kathy’s son — impersonated “The Citizen” and made the threat. Because she was going to be fired after the pageant was over, Kathy and her son were planning to murder the newly crowned pageant winner on stage by putting an explosive device in her tiara. However, Gracie and Eric save the day and arrest Kathy and her son. Gracie’s fellow contestants choose her as “Miss Congeniality,” and, as the story ends, a romance blooms between Gracie and Eric. Great movie with excellent Sandra Bullock portraying the main acctress.

8/10 Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality | Movie Makeovers: Memorable Drab to Fab Character Transformations | Us Weekly Movie Makeovers: Memorable Drab to Fab Character Transformations July 24, 2013 Look back at memorable movie makeovers, from Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady to Olivia Newton-John in Grease, to Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality Bullock starred in this 2000 comedy as Gracie Hart, a rough-around-the-edges FBI agent who is chosen to go undercover at the Miss United States beauty pageant. In order to be believable as a contestant, she's forced to get a makeover. It takes an entire team of stylists and beauticians to defrizz her hair, class up her wardrobe, and squash her tomboyish tendencies, but she somehow manages not only to fit in with the other girls but also to earn second place in the competition.

Credit: Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection; CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT/Ronald Grant Sandra Bullock: ‘Miss Congeniality’ TV Show Would Be Loved By Real FBI Agents Sandra Bullock: ‘Miss Congeniality’ TV Show Would Be Loved By Real FBI Agents Patrick Frye Sandra Bullock’s Miss Congeniality is apparently much-loved by real FBI agents even though the last movie in the series, Miss Congeniality: Armed And Fabulous, came out nine years ago in 2005. So it’s with no surprise that a Miss Congeniality TV show might be just as popular. In a related report by The Inquisitr, George Clooney says Sandra drinks alcohol way too much , but maybe she’s just celebrating since the success of Gravity gave her a huge payday . In the 2000 hit movie Miss Congeniality Sandra Bullock played FBI agent Gracie Hart who went undercover in a beauty pageant.

Apparently, in order to make the film more authentic Sandra worked with real FBI agents: “Sandra loved her ‘Miss Congeniality‘ FBI agent character Gracie Hart and the concept so much that for years she has continued to keep up friendships with FBI agents she met while researching it. Sandra loves that real FBI agents, particularly female ones, continue to respond to and write her letters about both ‘Miss Congeniality’ and ‘The Heat’.” Although the sequel was not quite the success when compared to the original, Sandra believes now is the time to bring the story to the next generation audience by spinning the concept off into a serialized TV version. Like the original, this TV show will of course be a comedy first but the action elements should play a major point in the plot. So far descriptions of the Miss Congeniality TV show are describing the concept as 24 meets Bridesmaids . Those details actually make the most sense. Beauty pageants tend to last only a relatively short amount of time so the plot could not be expected to span months of real time although I doubt the show would be split up into actual one hour blocks.

Personally, I’m hoping the concept is expanded into other areas of the fashion industry, from the catwalk to red carpet shows. This also would not be the first time Sandra Bullock has produced a TV show. The George Lopez TV show was produced by her for five years so it’s probable the new show will both star and be produced or directed by her. What do you think about the idea? Dustin Putman's Review: Miss Congeniality (2000) - [TheMovieBoy] Cast: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, William Shatner, Candice Bergen, Ernie Hudson, John DiResta. 2000  109 minutes (for sexual references and a scene of violence). Reviewed by Dustin Putman, December 22, 2000. In the last 17 months, there have been no fewer than three motion pictures that revolve around the goings-on at a beauty pageant. Each have had different levels of success, but all of them are at least somewhat satirical of both the pageant itself, as well as the contestants.

If 1999's "Drop Dead Gorgeous" was a biting, hilariously outlandish semi-comedy classic, and 2000's "Beautiful" was a passable, yet instantly forgettable time-waster, "Miss Congeniality," directed by Donald Petrie (1993's "Grumpy Old Men"), falls somewhere in between. Entertaining, fast-paced, and suitably amiable, the film won't win any award for originality or substance, but it does mark the return of the adorable Sandra Bullock to the world of good movies. Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) has remained an unkempt, tough, but clumsy tomboy ever since childhood. Now an FBI agent, she is hard-working but underappreciated, with the latest sting operation, which she disobeyed orders at, putting her in hot water with her boss (Ernie Hudson). When coworker Eric Matthews (Benjamin Bratt) is appointed team leader for their latest case involving a mysterious serial killer known as "The Citizen," and the location of the next crime points to the Miss United States Pageant, none other than Gracie is tapped to pose as Miss New Jersey to help in the investigation.

Appointed to give her a physical makeover is beauty pageant consultant Vic Melling (Michael Caine), who aids in turning her into the drop dead beautiful person she always has been underneath the messy hair and baggy clothes. A feminist who believes, going in, that pageants are degrading to women, Gracie gradually makes friends with some of the other contestants and begins to sympathize with them, understanding that they only wish to make their mark on the world, no matter how full of idealism they may be. Following a relatively rough opening act that seems to be focusing too much, and too seriously, on the work of the FBI, the action turns to the Miss United States Pageant and "Miss Congeniality" is able to find its footing. Unremarkable, but winning and likable, the film understands that it is nothing more than a lighthearted comedy, and as such, it acts as an enjoyable way to spend 110 minutes.

With almost every movie released in December serious-minded with Oscar aspirations, it felt quite refreshing to see something as joyously fluffy as "Miss Congeniality," even more so after sitting through the disposably junky "Dude, Where's My Car?" Actress-producer Sandra Bullock (2000's "28 Days") remains front-and-center to the action throughout, and turns in her most ambitious performance since her star-making turn in 1995's "While You Were Sleeping." What is so splendid about Bullock's Gracie is how, even when she gains her wings and we inevitably realize she isn't an ugly duckling, her personality remains the same: flawed and laid back, but instantly lovable (and complete with a pig-snorting laugh that, thankfully, doesn't disappear midway through as some sort of throwaway plot device). This movie, in fact, harkens back to several years ago when Bullock was at the height of her success doing more comedic roles, and we are reminded of why she is so very good at what she does: she's funny, beautiful, and not afraid to look like a fool, a la Cameron Diaz.

Romantic tension between Gracie and Eric, passably played by Benjamin Bratt (2000's "The Next Best Thing"), make up one of the main subplots, and it is surprisingly effective, particularly due to the extremely low key that it plays in the proceedings. In fact, their feelings for each other aren't acted upon until the final moments, yet it somehow works--possibly because Bullock and Bratt make a cute couple. Stealing the show is Michael Caine (1999's overrated "The Cider House Rules"), who hasn't been this good, or equipped with such a splendid role, in ages. Caine invigorates friendly consultant Vic Melling into a character that breaks free of its one-dimensional possibilities, and becomes someone we care about. Caine has proved here what an indelible impression he can make when the material hits the bull's-eye. Rounding out the cast are Candice Bergen (TV's "Murphy Brown"), as head of the pageant Kathy Morningside, who hams it up perhaps a little too much, and William Shatner ("Star Trek"), who is severely wasted as her assistant Stan.

As the nervous, unsure-of-herself Miss Rhode Island, Heather Burns (1998's "You've Got Mail") turns out to be a fresh-faced talent. The same cannot be said for Ernie Hudson (1992's "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"), who has zilch to do. Walking out of the theater, "Miss Congeniality" leaves a smile on your face, even as you can't recall many of the exact parts that you laughed at. While never bordering on the schmaltz-fest that "Beautiful" was, but also not nearly as courageous or ambitious as "Drop Dead Gorgeous," the picture has to settle for second or third place in the annals of the genre (1974's "Smile," a smarter look at the same subject, would also rank higher than this). In doing so, it stands as the type of movie ideal for a night of diverting movie-watching that doesn't ask much of your brain. And as a star vehicle, Sandra Bullock is in top form in the sort of role that has become old hat to her by now. She's excellent, but next time she'll hopefully make something that isn't quite so featherweight.

©2000 by Dustin Putman Miss Congeniality turns 15 today, where are Sandra Bullock and the cast are now? | Daily Mail Online Next Academy Awards, battles with weight and even early retirement: 15 years after comedy hit Miss Congeniality was released, FEMAIL reveals where the cast are now (and how star Sandra Bullock hasn't aged a day) The 2000 hit film took in $212.7 million worldwide at the box office when Sandra was 36 and her co-star, Benjamin Bratt, was 37 Sandra went on to win an Oscar, while Benjamin, Michael Caine, William Shatner, and Candice Bergen continue to have successful careers Several of the actors playing Gracie's pageant competitors went on to score major roles, though Miss Texas retired from Hollywood

Question: Who starred as Gracie Hart in the 2000 film Miss Congeniality?
Answer: Sandra Bullock.