Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · Movie · PG-13 · 98 min · ★ 6.5 · 38% critics
In a small Minnesota town, a documentary crew follows the annual teen beauty pageant as rival contestants chase a life-changing crown. But as suspicious “accidents” and chaos pile up, it becomes clear someone is willing to bend the rules—and maybe much more—to control the outcome.
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Details
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-07-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 38/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (439 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, mockumentary-style satire that skewers small-town culture and pageant ambition with sharp, sometimes crude laughs; Not for you if you dislike mean-spirited humor or “so wrong” comedy like Death Becomes Her.
Pros: dark, biting humor; mockumentary interviews; memorable ensemble cast | Cons: crude jokes for some; uneven pacing late; humor won’t click
Themes
- trailer park
- parent child relationship
- gun
- minnesota
- mother role
- dark comedy
- beauty contest
- tap dancing
- satire
- girl from the province
- evil mother
- mockumentary
- +12 more
Awards & recognition
- Audience Award of the Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival · 2000
Cast & crew
Kirsten Dunst
as Amber Atkins
Ellen Barkin
as Annette Atkins
Denise Richards
as Rebecca Ann 'Becky' Leeman
Kirstie Alley
as Gladys Leeman
Allison Janney
as Loretta
Sam McMurray
as Lester Leeman
Mindy Sterling
as Iris Clark
Brittany Murphy
as Lisa Swenson
Amy Adams
as Leslie Miller
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Laurie A. Sinclair
as Michelle Johnson
Directed by Michael Patrick Jann