Miss Congeniality
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 22, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
10
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
A mannerless, styleless brute, Bullock's Grace Hart is Eliza Doolittle in sweats. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A mainstream Hollywood escapist fantasy that in the end melts satire into sentimentality, but it is funny and knowing, detached enough to take a bemused stance toward its calculated tone. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A remarkably solid, streamlined, action-comedy in the ugly-duckling-to-gorgeous-swan genre that elicits more laughs and genuinely affecting moments than you might expect from its tepid ad campaign. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Miss Congeniality would not be out of place as a TV series, so it makes sense that Candice Bergen and William Shatner appear as pageant co-hosts. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
She (Bullock) has a way of landing on her feet and remaining simpatico no matter how cheesy the script is. That's what happens here. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
The makeover from ugly duckling to swan essentially replaces narrative catharsis. Read full review
50
Film.comRobert Horton
It all coalesces in a TV-level pleasantness, which isn't quite enough to fill a big screen. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It isn't bad so much as it lacks any ambition to be more than it so obviously is. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Has some entertaining moments, thanks mainly to Bullock herself, who is surprisingly glamorous as well as endearing. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
William Shatner's comic timing helps him nearly steal the picture. Read full review
50
USA TodayAndy Seiler
It is a measure of the movie's lack of inspiration that William Shatner is the funniest thing in it. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldSara Wildberger
The players are game. Too bad they don't have much of a coach or a plan. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Bullock maintains a luster and comic naturalness that most actresses couldn't pull off in such mediocrity. Read full review
50
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
A barrage of dangling plot strands, inconsistent characterizations, and suspense-free shootouts. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
Stumbling its way down the comedy runway, Miss Congeniality is yet another miscalculated vehicle for the ever-feisty Sandra Bullock. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Supporting performances add comic spark to a movie that otherwise seems happily, deliberately second-rate. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
As lame as a three-legged mule. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
The kind of ugly-duckling role that's long been ironic for her (Bullock). Read full review
20
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
The jokes are lame, the set-up is stupid and Bullock, occasionally a winsome comedienne and here a co-producer, is annoying as heck. Read full review
20
Rolling StonePeter Travers
I'd rather be buried in a mound of Floridian chad than watch director Donald Petrie force Bullock to jump through another desperately unfunny comic hoop.
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