Miss Congeniality

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
4,889 Views


They're fighting again!

Oh, boy.

Don't! Wait! Not my homework!

No! Stop it! No!

Problem, gentlemen?.

Hey, dork-brain!

If you weren't a girl,

I'd beat your face off.

If you weren't a girl,

I'd beat your face off.

You're calling me a girl?.

You called me one!

You asked for it.

Now get out of here!

Forget those guys.

They're jealous because you're

smart and funny.

And girls like that.

What girls?.

Lots of girls.

I mean... I like you.

I don't like you. Now everybody

thinks I need a girl to fight for me.

You are a dork-brain.

My nose!

Wimp!

Moe and Larry in the house.

Grant, what have we got out back?.

All clear, sir.

Matthews, what do you got?.

Returnable cans, sir.

I'm up to 75 cents.

Hey, we got a cab.

Here comes Curly.

The Three Stooges.

Check it out, lvan's packing.

Thank you! We've got a briefcase.

Hart, waiting for visual confirmation.

No disc yet.

Suitcase is opening.

This woman's ass is in the way.

Hart, we can't see a damn thing.

We need to see the discs.

-This broad's got two asses!

-Do something!

Excuse me.

You wanting something else?.

Yeah. You know what?.

I really love this borscht.

Or, as they say in Russian:

We got the discs.

We're moving in!

Get down!

Keep your hands where I can see them!

No English.

Nobody moves until I see

some goddamn "Lazhitsa na pol"!

Sir, he's turning purple!

Hart, until we secure, you stay.

That is one really, really

purple Russian, sir!

He's still armed! Nobody moves!

Hands up! Back off!

No, sir. He's not gonna die.

He's not good enough for that.

His victims didn't get a chance

to choke on a peanut, did they, sir?.

Now you're going down.

Drop the guns or I'll kill her.

Ivan, out the back.

You're not killing anyone.

Party's over!

How's your head, my little piroshki?.

This is gonna put you away

for a long time.

Let's get that ambulance in here!

-Shut up!

-Stay with me!

-l' m sorry.

-Don't be sorry. You did a great job!

Nice work. See you back there.

Come on, Hart. The van's waiting.

I got Grant shot.

I shouldn't have moved.

Come on, you made a choice.

It was wrong, but that's it.

It's over.

By the way, you look like hell.

-Morning, Mrs. Schwartz. Schnatzie.

-Good morning, Gracie.

Hart.

Yes, sir.

ET A, 20 minutes.

No problem. Breakdown?

Yes, sir. Negative.

Do not need assistance.

T en-four. Yes, sir, I know it's hot.

Hey, you cannot park--

It's an emergency. Official business.

Aside, please. Thank you.

Official business. Step aside.

Hey, get lost! I'm waiting here.

FBl. You might want

to stay out of this.

Excuse me.

Sir, ma'am, please back off.

All right. I need eight double-tall--

Eight double-tall lattes.

One with no foam.

Five decaf lattes with a long straw.

Four caramel macchiattos.

Double up on the cup.

Two blueberry scones

with the little granules on top...

...and one Starbucks compilation CD.

No! I would like....

What's going on?. Where's McDonald?.

Could we put out an APB

on my Frappuccino?.

It's in the bag. Did he say anything

about last night?.

Relax. Don't annoy him.

Don't say anything. Don't argue.

I don't argue. I never argue.

When do I argue?.

I might have a heated discussion

with somebody.

Is this you not arguing?.

Because you suck at it.

Morning, everybody.

Morning, sir. It's....

Sir.

Okay, everybody.

I know you' re all concerned

about Grant's condition.

So l' m happy to report...

...Jerry's gonna be fine. He'll be

out of the hospital in two weeks.

He says he's expecting lots of gifts.

Okay, everybody.

So much for the good news. We got

another letter from the Citizen.

Arson, explosives, poison...

...this guy never works

the same way twice.

The only thing we know for sure...

...is, we get these letters full

of incomprehensible riddles...

... he strikes and suddenly

the clues make sense.

This one is down in lntelligence.

Hopefully, we'll get a lead

before somebody gets killed.

In the meantime...

... Matthews, get a team together.

Sir, you want me to take point?.

For five years you've wanted it.

Last night, you earned it.

Pick your team.

I want preliminaries by 3.

That's it.

Sir...?.

Who's buying me lunch?.

Sir, I would like to talk

about what happened last night.

I didn't exactly follow orders--

"Exactly" follow orders?.

There's no such thing.

You follow orders or you don't.

No arguments, sir. None whatsoever.

Until the hearing,

you're out of the field.

The hearing is totally warranted.

Wouldn't I be better

on the Citizen case?.

I have a background

in profiling and decoding.

I could contribute.

Like you contributed last night?.

By putting yourself

and 5 agents in jeopardy?.

I'll save the rest

for the review board.

You will bury yourself

under a mountain of paperwork.

Discussion is over.

Mike, give me a pint.

Rough day?.

The worst.

Sure you want a whole one?.

Yeah. Hit me bigtime, baby.

Hey, Einstein. If you figure out

that Citizen letter, let me know.

Congratulations on the op.

It's a big shot.

Thanks.

How are you doing?. You okay?.

I' m good.

You' re starting early today.

Yeah, l' m gonna get chip-faced.

Want to join me?.

I'd love to, but I have

a pressing social engagement.

Beth!

Brownie meeting.

Mike, give me a beer and....

Milk. Give her milk.

White wine spritzer.

Are most of the people in here agents?.

As a matter of fact, here's

an agent. Gracie Hart.

Beth Carter.

Right back to you.

Beth is an undergrad at Vassar,

doing a paper on law enforcement.

I'm helping her get an inside look.

I bet she'll do the same for you.

Gracie, I would love to get

a woman's point of view.

You're barking up the wrong tree.

Right, Hart?.

Do all the women have to wear

those really masculine shoes?.

I get these made special by the guy

that put the tattoo on my ass.

We'll leave you with Ben and Jerry.

Catch you later.

-Nice meeting you.

-You too.

Hope you have a good time at the mall.

Wohop is the place.

Wohop is good, but if you like

variety, you go to La Chinita Linda.

Their rice and beans are slamming.

I don't want variety.

I get pork fried rice every--

I figured it out! I tried to create

a content-based pattern...

...similar to his previous letters.

But this time, he used a signifier.

In this case, the word " miss"...

...in the subsequent letters.

Will you let me finish?.

It's the Miss United States Pageant.

Yeah. Intelligence thought so too.

What do we got?.

Miss United States from San Antonio,

T exas, home of the Alamo.

I forgot the Alamo.

The pageant lasts three days.

Preliminaries, conferences...

...the live telecast.

It's a logistical nightmare.

Not just a babe-fest.

Jesus, we've only got 48 hours.

Okay, gentlemen.

Where do we start?.

You might want to call the network and

pageant people. Set up a meeting.

Because you'll probably need

their cooperation.

Yeah, I can do that. Let's do that.

What about jurisdiction?.

The Citizen has been ours

from the start.

You might want to call San Antonio.

Rate this script:5.0 / 1 vote

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…

All Marc Lawrence scripts | Marc Lawrence Scripts

1 fan

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Miss Congeniality" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/miss_congeniality_13840>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Miss Congeniality

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    What is "blocking" in screenwriting?
    A The construction of sets
    B The prevention of story progress
    C The end of a scene
    D The planning of actors' movements on stage or set