Miss Congeniality Page #3

Synopsis: Undercover FBI agent Gracie Hart shows no signs of having any femininity in her demeanor or appearance. Generally a bright and capable agent, she is in trouble at work when she makes an error in judgment in a case which results in a near disaster. As such, one of her by-the-books colleagues, Eric Matthews, who has never shown any inclination of thinking outside the box, is assigned to lead the high profile case of a terrorist coined The Citizen instead of her, while she is facing possible disciplinary action. Gracie pieces together the evidence to determine that The Citizen's next target will be the Miss United States beauty pageant. The pageant represents everything that Gracie abhors. 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 w
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Donald Petrie
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
PG-13
Year:
2000
109 min
Website
4,631 Views


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I got the winner right here.

Scorekeepers ready?.

This is the best part.

He's right behind me, isn't he?.

Not really my color, is it?.

Sir, we were just...

...Iooking for someone

to go undercover at the pageant.

And l' m the best we have.

It doesn't inspire much confidence.

Get back to work.

-Hart, shouldn't you be at a desk?.

-Yes, sir.

You don't say anything?.

Made me look like an idiot.

Do I have eyes in the back of my head?.

-He was standing right behind me.

-What were we gonna say?.

-What?.

-This one.

Are you kidding?. It's Hart.

Cut it off. Let's go back to work.

Very funny.

Hold on. That's not bad.

Hold on, nothing. Hit the save button

because you won't see that again.

-What do you say?.

-No freaking way.

Why not?.

I won't parade around in a swimsuit

like some bimbo...

... named Gracie Lou Freebush,

and all she wants is world peace.

It wouldn't be like that.

You'd be on the undercover team.

Right. In a thong.

In a tasteful one-piece!

You do a few butt-shaping exercises...

...you could pull this off.

You know what?. Pull this off.

Is it because McDonald hates me?

Or is it, like, a woman thing?.

Don't kid yourself.

Nobody thinks of you that way.

He's punishing me, isn't he?.

I had to beg him to let you do this.

That's right. Like it or not,

you screwed up, pal.

Sit down, sit down.

I've never been in a beauty pageant.

I don't even own a dress.

I don't even own a brush.

Which part of that

is supposed to shock me?.

Let's suspend reality for a second...

...and pretend I said yes.

I got to do everything?. Like...

...the whole big hair

and the makeup and--

Damn right.

The spinning, the twirling, the

smiling, the cute little tap number.

Hundred bucks on Matthews.

I don't know. She's got rage.

I'll take that bet.

Yeah, baby.

So you' re saying...

... I have to wear the bathing suit?.

Yeah, you have

to wear the bathing suit.

Okay.

You go, girl.

Where am I gonna put my gun?.

No place I want to know about.

What could possibly motivate anybody

to enter a beauty pageant?.

Scholarship money,

a chance to see the world...

... broaden your horizons--

So join the Marines. It's like

feminism never even happened.

Any woman that does this is catering

to misogynistic Neanderthal mentality.

I dated Young Miss Scarsdale.

Can you really be this superficial?.

Hard to believe, right?.

Here we are.

Therefore, we'd like to use

one of our team undercover.

Am I hearing this correctly?.

IKathy, these people want

to put one of their agents...

...in the pageant.

They want her to win?

No, ma'am.

We will need your help

with the judging...

...so our agent is in the top five...

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Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith, February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence. more…

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