Miss Arizona

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Rose Raynes (Johanna Braddy) was crowned Miss Arizona - 15 years ago. Now a bored housewife trapped in a less-than-ideal marriage, Rose accepts an invitation to teach a life skills class at a women's shelter. Digging out the relics of her pageant queen past, Rose attempts to share her platform speech with a room of four disinterested women dodging abusive exes. But when trouble shows up at the shelter, what the women really need is for Rose's shiny SUV to get them out of dodge. The five embark on a wild all-night adventure through L.A.'s darkest streets and wildest drag club as the women fight to survive, and in so doing, discover what they need most. This one's an anthem for any woman who's ever been told to sit still and look pretty. This one's for the marginalized. This one's for the girls.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Comedy, Drama
Directed By:

Autumn McAlpin
Written By:

Autumn McAlpin
In Theaters:

Jul 12, 2019 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Jul 12, 2019
Runtime:

94 minutes
Studio:

Cinedigm

Cast

Johanna Braddy
as Rose

Robyn Lively
as Leslie

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
as Maybelle

Otmara Marrero
as Sammy

Shoniqua Shandai
as Jasmine

Steve Guttenberg
as Gary/Emerald

Missi Pyle
as Bev

Kyle Howard
as Rick

Kevin Heffernan
as Bigs

Willam Belli
as Delilah

Ginger Minj
as Ginger

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Critic Reviews for Miss Arizona

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (3)

"Miss Arizona" depends on the group of women bonding, but writer-director Autumn McAlpin's script doesn't believably sell the situations that lead to their connection.

Jul 12, 2019 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Adam Graham
Detroit News
Top Critic
The well-intentioned comedy never fully comes together to make a cohesive film, but there are glimpses of something interesting amidst its flaws.

Jul 12, 2019 | Full Review…

Kimber Myers
Los Angeles Times
Top Critic
"Miss Arizona" alternates, not altogether gracefully, from heavy, tear-jerking moments to slapstick comedy, sometimes within the same sequence.

Jul 12, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Richard Roeper
Chicago Sun-Times
Top Critic
The lack of nuance with which patriarchy and heteronormativity are cast as the source of all that is wrong with the world don't disqualify the film so much as render it uninteresting.

Sep 26, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Kenneth R. Morefield
1More Film Blog
Female friendships rule in well-intentioned indie comedy.

Jul 12, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Joyce Slaton
Common Sense Media