Drop Dead Gorgeous (DVD)

I'd seen this film on the DVD shelves many a time and passed it by, as it looked a bit trashy. I expected teen flick, lots of blonde hair, white teeth and cheesy dialogue. I wasn't surprised then when on of my best friends, a gay guy who's favourite actress is Lindsay Lohan and favourite band is Girls Aloud, recommended this. However I was surprised when my cousin who's more into country music, long difficult books and crossword puzzles also recommended it, referring to it as 'black comedy.' After these two baffling conversations I saw 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' in Tesco priced at just £2. For that price, I thought, it didn't matter if I didn't enjoy it, it would ...  Read the complete review

I shall start this review with a word of warning, or rather several. Do not buy, rent, burn, or whatever you kids are doing nowadays, this movie if you are easily offended. Do not let the cast or theme fool you, this is an hilarious film. One might be inclined to see the names "Kirsten Dunst" and "Denise Richards" together in the same bill and think, "Bugger that for a game of darts, I'm not sitting through another romantic 'comedy'", with all that which entails in such romps. If you were to think such thoughts, as I so often have done in the past, you would be so wrong your buttocks would implode. This screenplay has ...  Read the complete review

Drop Dead Gorgeous is set in the stlye of a mock documentary following a small Minnesota town's beauty pagent. We meet some of the contestants, but the three main competators are Tammy Curry(Brooke Bushman), who wins everything, Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst)and Becky Leeman (Denise Richards), a member of the rich Leeman family. However, it seems this contest isn't as straight foward as it seems. Tammy is blown upwhile riding on her tractor, then Amber gets a threatening letter. However the show must go on and the happless contestants continue preparing. However someone doesn't want Amber to win and someone tries to make a light fall on her head and they also ...  Read the complete review

I watched this film last night, I missed the first ten minutes too, so sorry if I miss anything, however the plot is quite straight forward so I hope I mention everything! This film was released in 1999 and I've never really heard anyone talk about it, so I thought I'd catch a glimpse of it and see what I thought, I've also now read some opinions on both dooyoo and ciao and I have to say that unlike some people on these sites, I didn't really like this film, it was ok at times and sometimes hilariously funny but the plot itself was pretty boring, I'm glad I missed 10 minutes of it! The film is directed by Michael Patrick Jann, I only ...  Read the complete review

I'm not a big fan of teen comedies, but that's probably just because I'm not a teenager any more. This one, however, made me laugh myself almost sick. It's a totally tongue-in-cheek, black comedy, mickey-take of American Beauty Pageants. It makes fun of itself at times too. American Beauty Pageants are a sore point in the United States. They are the kind of thing that you are either completely in favour of or totally against to the point of hatred. Geraldo and Oprah in their time have devoted shows to the very subject, especially where it concerns very young girls. Jon Benet Ramsey is a case in point. The mothers of girls (of ...  Read the complete review