Directed by: Donald Petrie
Writing credits: Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, Caryn Lucas
Movie Genre: Comedy/Romance/Thriller
Released: 2000
Running Time: 109 minutes
Rating: PGV
Miss Congeniality is a 2000 comedy/thriller film directed by Donald Petrie. Following box office success a sequel, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, was released in 2005.
Gracie Hart is an aggressive FBI agent who needs to go undercover in a forthcoming beauty pageant after a terrorist threatens to bomb the event.
Transforming this bad-tempered, ill-mannered and rugged agent into a hopeful contestant leaves the makeover artists baffled.
With hours spent in and under cosmetic machinery, this arduous project produces a potential Miss United States.
When Gracie finally takes to the stage, she leaves the All-American audience somewhat dazed.
Tagline: Unpolished. Unkempt. Unleashed. Undercover.