Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

"You might feel a little prick."

2005 1h 55m EN

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After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation — and the new "face of the FBI". But it's time to spring into action again when the pageant's winner, Cheryl, and emcee, Stan, are abducted.

“You might feel a little prick.”

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Cast

Sandra Bullock
Gracie Hart
Regina King
Sam Fuller
Enrique Murciano
Jeff Foreman
Ernie Hudson
Harry McDonald
William Shatner
Stan Fields
Heather Burns
Cheryl Frasier
Diedrich Bader
Joel Meyers
Treat Williams
Walter Collins

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Pasquin
Writers: Marc Lawrence, Dan Sweetman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Miss Congeniality Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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236+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Pasquin, shot by Peter Menzies Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Van Tongeren. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Garth Craven shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Sandra Bullock and Regina King and Enrique Murciano carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You might feel a little prick.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

John Pasquin directs. Peter Menzies Jr. behind the camera. John Van Tongeren scores. Garth Craven cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 21 years ago.
2Part of the "Miss Congeniality Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3236+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by John Pasquin, shot by Peter Menzies Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Van Tongeren. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Garth Craven shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sandra Bullock and Regina King and Enrique Murciano carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "You might feel a little prick.".
9IMDB entry: tt0385307 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "ship", "undercover agent", "ransom", "drag queen".

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Menzies Jr.
Original score: John Van Tongeren
Editing: Garth Craven
Production design: Maher Ahmad
Costume design: Deena Appel
Makeup / hair: Robin Beauchesne
Sound: David E. Campbell
Stunt coordinator: Jack Gill
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $101,393,569
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)

Part of

Miss Congeniality Collection

The Miss Congeniality movie franchise currently consists of two films: Miss Congeniality (2000) and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005). The first film was directed by Donald Petrie and stars Sandra Bullock as FBI agent Gracie Hart, who goes undercover at a beauty pageant. The sequel continues Gracie's story as she transitions from pageant contestant to celebrity spokesperson and eventually back into undercover work.

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Filipe Manuel Neto2022-07-30
★ 3/10
Despite Bullock and King's good performances, the film is frankly predictable and never really gets interesting. I enjoyed Miss Congeniality, despite the various issues and problematic points I talked about in my review of that film, and I hoped that, at least, this sequel (which is far from being the second part of a bigger film, like Sandra Bullock said she faced all this) would be able to match the original film. Let's be fair, it had everything to achieve this: in addition to keeping the same protagonist and having a script that linked directly to its predecessor, the film kept part of the original crew and cast. Well, I'm sorry, but I feel that those expectations were disappointed: the film is not so bad, but it is below what I expected to find. The problem starts with the script: it's a very underdeveloped and basic story, despite starting from a promising initial premise. Marc Lawrence, who has worked on the previous film, just couldn't do any better. If the first film was guided by the exaggeration of the story, this one proved to be predictable and has ideas that simply don't work, such as seeing two federal agents, posted outside their area of origin, and who have the luxury of disobeying blatantly to superior orders without this earning them an immediate suspension and the handing over of their weapons and badges. What the movie does is almost make fun of the FBI (well, sometimes they deserve it). Another problem is the melodrama that the protagonist lives after the end of her romance, which started in the previous film. This is irritating enough to prevent us from sympathizing more with the character, who is saved "in extremis" by the baggage of previously acquired sympathy. Sandra Bullock is, frankly, the best asset present in this film. She was not only the producer but also the protagonist and, once again, she offers us a job well done, full of commitment, charm and charisma. Regina King also does quite well as a tough federal agent with anger management issues. The collaboration between both actresses is excellent, and the scenes they both star in are among the best in the film, particularly when they don't understand each other. Heather Burns and William Shatner also return for this film, in their respective roles, but the truth is that they have little to do and don't particularly stand out, apart from the demerit of other actors. Treat Williams tries but fails to do much more than he does, Diedrich Bader is very irritating in the role of a brazen homosexual with cross-dressing aspirations, and the two villains are never credible or exude any sense of real threat. On a technical level, the film is on average, and that can be evaluated by the cinematography, editing and choice of sets or visual and sound effects. It's not a film where the production has invested a lot in technical issues. The soundtrack also leaves a lot to be desired and doesn't bring any theme or song that stays in the ear. The film's pace is slower than would be desirable, but I wonder if the plot, so confused and disordered, would perhaps allow the adoption of a faster pace without a significant loss of the intelligibility of the story. The humor is quite clever at times, but it barely strays from the conventional family sitcom jokes, puns, wordplay and physical humor (nothing against it, it's humor more suited to a family movie, and I recognize that). The costumes have some interesting ideas, but they don't go beyond what was expected to find.

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