Miss Congeniality Page #8

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
4,757 Views


... I would take them out.

I would make them suffer so much,

they'd wish they were never born.

And if they ran,

I would hunt them down.

Thank you, lKathy.

A brief, shining moment,

and then that mouth.

Helps if you pull it out.

Good luck, ladies.

I wanted to rub the crown for luck.

Frank took it to get it polished.

I'll have it by the time

they announce the winner.

My God! It's the crown!

Yes, it is. You can taste it now--

No, no, no!

Not the-- This in the--

Finale positions.

Yes. Wear the crown. Be the crown.

You are the crown.

And now, the moment

of truth and beauty.

The envelope, please.

What?.

A lot of tension.

The fourth runner-up is...

... California!

The third runner-up is...

... Nebraska!

-Am I in danger here?.

-Wait here.

The second runner-up is T exas!

Drop it!

I mean it! Drop it!

This is it.

The moment.

One of these two ladies

will wear the crown.

Listen to me!

I'm gonna reach for my badge slow.

You do, and you're dead.

The first runner-up...

...who will have to take the winner's

place if, for any reason...

...she cannot fulfill her duties is:

New Jersey! Which means...

...our new Miss United States is:

Don't take the crown.

Rhode lsland's Cheryl Frasier!

Don't take the crown. T rust me.

she's beauty and she's grace

she's queen of 50 states

she's elegance and taste

she's Miss United states

Hold your crown up high

Raise it to the sky

Jersey's gone berserk!

Get her off the stage!

Hold your crown up high

Raise it to the sky

she stands for all that's good

she loves her neighborhood

she 's friends with everyone she meets

she 's beauty and she 's grace

she 's queen of 50 states

she 's elegance and taste

she 's Miss United states

Gracie!

She's Miss United States.

Okay.

Good show, everybody.

I was right in the middle of my song!

You got nothing on me.

This is ridiculous.

Where you're going, they'd love

to meet a former beauty queen.

When he says meet, he means M-E-A-T.

Miss Hart, you don't understand.

All I'm guilty of is trying to make

the world a more beautiful place.

Look at yourself.

When I met you, Dennis Rodman

looked better in a dress.

But now you're a lady! I did that.

Vic did that, and a team of highly

specialized federal manicurists...

...and people who make you beautiful.

Get in the car.

You think you saved something.

All you did was to destroy the dream

of young women all over the country.

Their dream is to get blown up?.

You got a good shot

at that insanity plea.

I earned it!

Years of bitching beauty

queens and what do I get?.

Fired! They steal my life,

they steal my beauty pageant.

It is not a beauty pageant.

It is a scholarship program.

Yeah, yeah.

"Yes. "

Enjoy running the Miss San Antonio

Women's Correctional Facility Pageant!

Get it?. The Women's Correctional--

That was good work.

Right back at you.

So, how does it feel?.

Throwing the rule book

out of the window?.

Pretty good, actually.

I was thinking...

...when we get back...

...after we write up our reports

and you get all ugly again...

... maybe we could have dinner?

What?. You asking me out on a date?.

No. Just a casual dinner.

If we happen to have sex afterwards,

so be it.

You think l' m gorgeous.

You want to date me...

...Iove me and marry me.

A part of you is gonna miss this.

The heels.

They do something for my posture.

I'm suddenly very aware

and proud of my breasts.

-Funny, me too.

-Agent Matthews! Gracie!

Thank God you' re still here.

There's been an emergency.

Somebody found some

sort of incendiary device.

Come on, quickly!

Excuse me. FBl.

She saved the pageant, she saved

our lives, and here she is!

That's not gonna work for me.

I can't go up there!

It was his idea, Gracie Lou.

I'd never get you here unless

you could shoot someone.

You'll get yours, Henry Higgins.

Come on!

Ladies and gentlemen,

agent Gracie Hart of the FBl!

Not so fast!

Because even though

you're a federal officer...

...to us, you will always be

Gracie Lou Freebush.

The nicest, sweetest,

coolest girl at the pageant...

...and this year's Miss Congeniality!

I don't know what to say.

Except for...

... I can't wear this at work.

I never thought anything like

this would happen to me.

I kind of hoped it wouldn't.

But now that it has...

...I just want to say that...

... I' m very...

...very honored.

And...

... moved.

And...

...truly touched.

And...

... I really do want world peace.

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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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