Keep a stiff upper lip old boy! (Miss Congeniality (DVD))

Member Name: macutmore

Product:	Miss Congeniality (DVD)
Date:	31/03/01 (17 review reads)
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Advantages: All star cast (I think)!

Disadvantages: An absolutely awful attempt to be a funny film

I’m really not sure if the intention of this film is to take the p*ss out of beauty contests or just to introduce a crude, nark sense of humour that we are supposed to find funny.

Labelled as a ‘romantic comedy’, I think I laughed hollowly about twice during the entire movie. If it wasn’t for the all-star cast I don’t think this film would have anything going for it at all!

Somehow I get the perception that, somewhere, rave reviews and critic recommendations (maybe even Oscars) are on the wall (stranger things have happened), but I’m sorry to say that this one didn’t do much for me at all.

I admired Sandra Bullock very much in ‘Speed’ as an actor, but she certainly is a different person now. As for William Shatner and Michael Caine, well! Can we forgive them?

This sort of comedy has to be British. We originated it! Somehow and for some reason (and I'm sure it's a good one), the Americans have tried to mimic our 'nark' sense of humour in truly awful style.

Forget it folks, watch a real ‘Beauty contest’, they are suffering enough as it is!

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