- Release Date: 1999
- Runtime: 97 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Denise Richards ... see all
- Director: Michael Patrick Jann
- Plot: In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps.... Read more
User Reviews
funny as hell
Mar 15, 2009
attana03 - yahoo.com
Mar 15, 2009attana03 - yahoo.com
i was surprised how funny this was. watch it u will laugh your ass off. the girls r hot in it too!!!... Full review
SO LIKE MINNESOTA
Jan 24, 2009
susannasnewlife - yahoo.com
Jan 24, 2009susannasnewlife - yahoo.com
I lived in Minnesota for several years as a transplant. We lived in my ex husbands small farming home town. I saw this movie after living there for a few years and I laughed from the start to the end. This... Full review
Big Batman Laughs galoere.
Apr 29, 2008
bills.daniel - yahoo.com
Apr 29, 2008bills.daniel - yahoo.com
WE think of Adam West as Batman, but actually this is a lighter side of him I find appealing. Great gags, big laughs and wow what a great role for him. he is himself in this. Great funny moments throughout. Wonderful... Full review
Love this movie!
Apr 25, 2008
aeueber - yahoo.com
Apr 25, 2008aeueber - yahoo.com
If anyone took this movie seriously & gave it bad ratings, they should never rent a comedy again because they obviously have no sense of ANY kind of humor...... Full review
What a laugh
Nov 24, 2007
thefob86 - yahoo.com
Nov 24, 2007thefob86 - yahoo.com
This cynical film satirizes beauty pageants and the people who are run the show. At first glance, you think this movie will follow the steps of "Mean Girls" or "Clueless." However, this story surpassed them all. I was amused by each... Full review
This Movie Is A Keeper!
May 25, 2007
peanut_luv20 - yahoo.com
May 25, 2007peanut_luv20 - yahoo.com
Its a classic funny movies, you just cant help to laugh at it! I think its one of thoses movies that have a very funny/realistic point of view on beauty pagents....Love it must get!... Full review
A laugh out loud comedy.
Apr 21, 2007
landy2good - yahoo.com
Apr 21, 2007landy2good - yahoo.com
What I though was going to be a rubbish film, this is absolutely hilarious! I cried laughing in so many scenes. This wicked dark comedy stars a fresh faced Kirsten Dunst as she goes through the ups and downs of a... Full review
Right up there with "Best in Show."
Apr 21, 2007
brother_unknown - yahoo.com
Apr 21, 2007brother_unknown - yahoo.com
Hysterically funny, it's hard to believe the film's director was not responsible for "Best in Show" and "Mighty Wind." O.K, so maybe a little more effort might have been to flesh out all the characters and provide a bit more book.... Full review
Extremely Subversive
Jan 12, 2007
aimless-46 - imdb.com
Jan 12, 2007aimless-46 - imdb.com
Imagine a weird blend of "This Is Spinal Tap" and "Fargo" and you will have a fairly good read on 1999's "Drop Dead Gorgeous. There is definitely a Coen Brothers feel to the film, which is done in "mockumentary" style... Full review
Simply Wonderful Black Comedy
Dec 31, 2006
mjw2305 - imdb.com
Dec 31, 2006mjw2305 - imdb.com
Ellen Barkin is the trailer trash mother of Amber (Kirsten Dunst), Kirstie Alley is the homicidally ambitious mother of Becky (Denise Richards) a spoilt rich bitch. They will stop at nothing to make sure their daughters win the Mount Rose... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jun 04, 2009Cinema Blend
I like Denise Richards.....Richards ever fully lets her guard down in front of the camera and even the more candid moments don't feel all that candid..... ... Full Review
| Jul 24, 1999The Movie Boy
Taking its cue from 1974's similar teen beauty pageant movie, "Smile," which may have been more realistic....it serves up enough fresh, saucy ideas for two movies.....that the film is rated PG-13 is rather amazing considering some of the sure-to-be-controversial story elements.....The cast is uniformly excellent across the board, particularly 17-year-old Kirsten Dunst.... ... Full Review
| Jul 23, 1999theglobeandmail.com
The excellent supporting cast --....Richards, her nemesis on the runway, is all teeth and sham sincerity.....It also lacks the innovation of a film like Heathers.... ... Full Review
| Jul 23, 1999Starpulse.com
Since then, audiences have had an onslaught of variations on the form, including the decent Drop Dead Gorgeous.
That's the burning question of Drop Dead Gorgeous, in which the citizens of Mount Rose, Minnesota gear up for the year's biggest event, the Sarah Rose Miss Teen Princess America Pageant, in which Becky Leeman (Denise Richards) and Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst) are the contestants to beat.
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| Jul 23, 1999San Francisco Chronicle
Jann also founded MTV's defunct sketch comedy gas, "The State," one of the best in this decade's sketch-comedy boon.....But screenwriter Lona Williams is looking for laughs in the most obvious places -....The film's most drop-dead hysterical moment comes at the expense of the reigning Mount Rose Teen Princess.....this is just sketchy as it slums mercilessly in low-class cheap shots..... ... Full Review
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