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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 145 Fresh: 20  Rotten:125 Average Rating: 3.9/10
 
Consensus: Sandra Bullock is still as appealing as ever; too bad the movie is not pageant material.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Theatrical Release: Mar 24, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $48,431,520

Synopsis: Picking up soon after the events of the first film, this inspired sequel opens with agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) back in action against a team of lady bank robbers, only to have her cover blown by her newfound fame. In an effort to capitalize on the publicity--and as a result of being dumped... Picking up soon after the events of the first film, this inspired sequel opens with agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) back in action against a team of lady bank robbers, only to have her cover blown by her newfound fame. In an effort to capitalize on the publicity--and as a result of being dumped by her boyfriend from the first film--Gracie lets herself be made into the feel-good ambassador of the FBI, helped by the staggeringly hip Joel (Dietrich Bader) and his stylists. The change is not good for the brash Ms. Hart, however, who is soon appearing on morning television and dispensing fashion tips instead of girl-power platitudes. Of course this phase doesn't last long; some goons out in Las Vegas kidnap Miss Congeniality (Heather Burns) and host Stan Fields (William Shatner), prompting Hart, with her intensely angry bodyguard, Sam Fuller (Regina King), to strap on her guns and get back in the game. Her method of operation includes beating up Dolly Parton, defying a sexist FBI bigwig (Treat Williams), and faking cramps. At one point she disguises herself as an old Jewish woman in a wheelchair, and later she's a Las Vegas showgirl doing "Proud Mary" at a drag club. Bullock's good-natured performance recalls the old-school comedic talents of Bob Hope or Barbara Stanwyck; she effortlessly makes Gracie Hart a unique and complex woman who is capable, sarcastic, intuitive, impressionable, and a secretly lonely tomboy. Also a plus is the refreshing lack of a male romantic interest as Hart and Fuller don't need some handsome guy to ride to their rescue and they aren't going to let sexual discrimination stop them from getting the job done. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson

Director: John Pasquin
Screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Producer: Sandra Bullock, Marc Lawrence
Composer: Randy Edelman

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Release:

Jun 21, 2005

[DVD Details]
  • Sandra Bullock returns as Federal Agent Gracie Hart in this action comedy and goes undercover in Las Vegas to rescue her best friend, the Miss United States Pageant winner.
  • Source: Warner Home Video
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    Could it really have taken four years to come up with [this]story.

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    Doris Toumarkine
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    There is a bit of a lesson about identity and self-worth imparted here, but it's muddled at best. Who has two hours to waste watching this movie?

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    What if I misinterpreted the whole thing, and it was really intended to be a straight drama with occasional light, humorous overtones? And what if pigs had wings?

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    05/13/05
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    Like tumbling dice, the odds are against anyone hoping to repeat the success of the first roll. After all is said and done, Miss Congeniality 2 craps out.

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    04/30/05
    John Larsen
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    The things we loved most about #1 were downplayed in favor of the things that weren't all that funny; and a betrayal of the main character through most of it.

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    04/21/05
    Karina Montgomery
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    I think you will find it quite satisfying.

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    Vince Koehler
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    What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. If that were only true for the production of Armed and Fabulous.

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    04/13/05
    Thomas Delapa
    Boulder Weekly
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    For the sequel Bullock’s as likeable as ever, but she can only do so much when working from a mundane script that relies heavily on repeating gags from its predecessor.

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    Sure there are a few laughs here and there, and the climax, while predictable, gives a slight thrill, but...

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    ...an unfortunate example of what happens when a once-popular actress is staring at the downside of her career

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    Lori Hoffman
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    Miss Congeniality 2 is one of those sequels that gives sequels a bad name.

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    John Wirt
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    O filme claramente ressente a ausência de Michael Caine. (...) Sandra Bullock é uma gracinha, mas não faz milagres.

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    Pablo Villaca
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    Trips over itself more than Gracie Hart. And it never gets up.

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    Susan Tavernetti
    Palo Alto Weekly
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    Nothing more than warmed-up leftovers, a boring and malformed vehicle for an (admittedly very likable) actress who simply can't find anything better to do in Hollywood.

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