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Drop Dead Gorgeous

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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

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Reviews Counted:65

Fresh:29

Rotten:36

Average Rating:5.3/10

Consensus: It's dark humor sometimes hits, but mostly misses the target.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: There can be only one Miss Teen Princess and an overbearing mother will stop at nothing to make sure her daughter wins a beauty contest. A twisted comedy set in a small Minnesota town loaded with... There can be only one Miss Teen Princess and an overbearing mother will stop at nothing to make sure her daughter wins a beauty contest. A twisted comedy set in a small Minnesota town loaded with some very unladylike behavior. Watch out for the affected Midwestern accents! [More]

Starring: Kirstie Alley, Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Denise Richards

Starring: Kirstie Alley, Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Denise Richards

Director: Michael Patrick Jann

Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Producer: Judy Hofflund, Gavin Polone

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Dec 14, 1999

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Dreadful, offensive!

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01/01/00
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News
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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Empire Magazine

There are laughs: the leering judges, especially, who don't know much when it comes to talent but are impressed with nubile young girls flexing their limbs.

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01/26/06
Time Out

Some of this material is undeniably funny, but it will surely be painful to some viewers and reinforce negative prejudice in others.

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01/01/00
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

Incompetent and silly!

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Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
Chicago Tribune
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Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Energetically acted but too in love with its own outrageousness, Drop Dead Gorgeous goes for the jugular of beauty pageant culture and ends up leaving only a hickey.

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Brian Farnham
Brian Farnham
Citysearch
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03/05/02
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Sight and Sound

Drop Dead Gorgeous is drop dead hysterical!

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Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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Cornell & Petricelli
Cornell & Petricelli
CinemaSense.Com

Drop Dead Gorgeous doesn't drop dead, but the gags often arrive like planks hitting our heads.

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01/01/00
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

Unbelievably funny!

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David N. Butterworth
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Fitfully amusing!

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Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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This kind of genre is already an overdone deal.

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