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Subtle is not the word to describe Drop Dead Gorgeous, a mock documentary purporting to cover the Sarah Rose Cosmetics Teen America Beauty Pageant in Mount Rose, Minnesota. Ellen Barkin (Sea of Love) and Kirsten Dunst (Interview with a Vampire, Dick) are perfectly cast as a mother and daughter whose only ambition is to use the pageant to get out of their claustrophobic small-town lives. Opposing them are Denise Richards (Wild Things, Starship Troopers) and her mother, Kirstie Alley (Look Who's Talking), who just happens to be the pageant's organizer. The plot, which centers on contestants being murdered (mostly by flaming explosions), is clearly secondary to the backstage shenanigans and satirical portrayals of vanity, small-town corruption, and family dysfunction. There's not much suspense to the pageant itself, but Dunst is an endearing protagonist and along with the broad jokes are some excellent acting turns from the cast, particularly Barkin, Brittany Murphy (Clueless), Nora Dunn (a Saturday Night Live alumna), and the great character actress Allison Janney, who's played small roles in countless movies but finally gets a chance to shine as the supportive neighbor of Barkin and Dunst. In fact, for all the jokes and satirical jabs, in the end it's the characters' relationships that stay in your mind. A bonus: the soundtrack features a hard-rocking version of the theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, performed with cool aplomb by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. --Bret Fetzer
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Wonderfully Sarcastic Great Time!,
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This review is from: Drop Dead Gorgeous / Beautés fatales (Bilingual Edition) (DVD)
Drop Dead GorgeousI am replacing videotapes & had been looking for this super-fun dvd for some time. I finally found it! What a wonderfully sarcastic comment on American beauty contests. This somewhat black humor is a great pick-me-up for too much grey weather. I would recomend this flick to everyone who enjoys crazy ironies in life.
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"GOT SOME!",
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This review is from: Drop Dead Gorgeous (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
This flick holds up, and is funnier each and every time! Tammy Curry, the butch girl on the tractor should have won the crown in my book....and Alison Janney is drop dead hysterical....Any pageant where the host hotel is the airport Howard Johnson ROCKS in my book!
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One of the funniest movies I've seen,
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This review is from: Drop Dead Gorgeous (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
At first I thought this was just a movie about a beauty pageant - it sort of is, but it is one of the funniest movies I've seen. Lots of one-liners, and you notice more random funny things stuck in each time you watch it. I'd highly recommend this movie to anyone with a sarcastic sense of humor, especially if you'll catch small-town northern-Minnesota (or WI or MI or ME or Canada) jokes. Great flick.
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