| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Greg King |
| DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (M).
(Village Roadshow)
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Stars: Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Matt
Molloy, Allison Janney
Running time: 96 minutes.
Like the wonderful, and superior, Waiting For Guffman,...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Mac VerStandig |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous
3 and 1/2 Stars (Out of 4)
Reviewed by Mac VerStandig
[email protected]
http://www.moviereviews.org
October 17, 1999
Available for Rental - December 14, 1999 more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Ron Strong |
| GOLDEN HARVEST PRESENTS A JACKIE CHAN PRODUCTION
OF A VINCENT KOK FILM JACKIE CHAN TONY LEUNG
CHIU-WAI SHU QI "GORGEOUS" ('Bo Lei Cheun'
translation 'The Glass Bottle') RICHARD YAM
YIN-CHAI EMIL CHOW EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS STEPHEN
CHU & DAVID...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Ron Strong |
| GOLDEN HARVEST PRESENTS A JACKIE CHAN PRODUCTION
OF A VINCENT KOK FILM JACKIE CHAN TONY LEUNG
CHIU-WAI SHU QI "GORGEOUS" ('Bo Lei Cheun'
translation 'The Glass Bottle') RICHARD YAM
YIN-CHAI EMIL CHOW EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS STEPHEN
CHU & DAVID...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| A mock-doc (feigned-documentary), this film spoofs a teen beauty pageant in
Mount Rose, Minnesota. The documentary crew follows contestants and judges
through the days just prior and following the city finals. To push things
over the edge of silliness,...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Chad Polenz |
| Starring: Kirsten Dunst (Amber Atkins), Kirstie Alley (Mrs. Gladys Leeman),
Denise Richards (Becky Leeman), Allison Janney (Loretta); written by Lona
Williams; produced by Judy Hofflund, Gavin Polone; directed by Michael
Patrick Jann. more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Nick Amado |
| Well I just don't know what's wrong with this country. Drop Dead
Gorgeous is one of the funnier films I've seen this year. I guess
people get uptight about making fun of retarded people and killing
beauty queens. But all that aside, Drop Dead is dark and...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| The accents and exaggerated stupid characters from FARGO meet a mockumentary
type film featuring a black comedy look behind Teen America beauty pageants. more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Michael Redman |
| Back in prehistoric times, somewhere in the seventies, battles raged over
beauty contests. Opponents accused the pageants of objectifying women. They
said that parading the contestants in bathing suits like so many sides of beef
lowered women to "sex...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Chuck Schwartz |
| CrankyCritic® movie reviews: Drop Dead Gorgeous
Rated [PG-13], 95 minutes
Starring Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards
Screenplay by Lona Williams
Directed by Michael Patrick Jann
website: http://www.ddgorgeous.com more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| _Drop_Dead_Gorgeous_, writer Lona Williams and director Michael Patrick
Jann's dark mock documentary details the events leading up to Mount Rose,
Minnesota's American Teen Princess pageant, namely the rivalry between
two leading candidates: rich bitch...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| In the style of Christopher Guest’s fantastic Waiting for Guffman, Drop
Dead Gorgeous is a mockumentary about the Sarah Rose Cosmetics American
Teen Princess beauty pageant trials in Mount Rose, Minnesota. Mount
Rose is the home of the oldest living...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| There has been a trend, in the summer of 1999, of movies that are rude,
crude, irreverent, insulting and hilarious. South Park: Bigger Longer
and Uncut and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me are good examples
and now Drop Dead Gorgeous joins their...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "DROP DEAD GORGEOUS" (New Line Cinema)
Don't be surprised if you find yourself wishing the "gorgeous"
girls would just drop dead in this heavy-handed mock-documentary. Set
in Mount Rose, Minnesota, it purports to examine a...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous * * * 1/2 (out of * * * * )
Directed by Michael Patrick Jann.
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Allison
Janney, Sam McMurray, Brittany Murphy, Amy Adams, Mindy Sterling, Matt
Malloy, Will Sasso.
1999...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by John Sylva |
| Welcome to Mount Rose, Minnesota. So, you're a teen girl? Make sure to check
out the annual Mount Rose Miss America Teen Princess Pageant while you're here
- It's tradition for young girls. Make sure you've got three things though! more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by James Sanford |
| A lot of funny things probably go on backstage at any given beauty
contest, but obviously writer Lona Williams never heard about any of
them. Instead of offering any kind of juicy details -- we all knew about
how contestants put Vaseline on their...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
New Line Cinema
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Writer: Lona Williams
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, Denise
Richards, Allison Janney, Brittany Murphy, William Sasso,
Amy Adams, Dylan Bullard, Nora...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
(New Line)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin,
Allison Janney, Sam McMurray.
Screenplay: Lona Williams.
Producers: Gavin Polone and Judy Hofflund.
Director: Michael Patrick Jann.
MPAA Rating:...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1999 Christopher Null
filmcritic.com more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| The Beauty Pageant: an obvious comedic target, yes? Yet "Drop Dead
Gorgeous" doesn't simply poke fun at the whole superficial, demeaning
affair. It skewers it. It incinerates it, smacks it upside the head with
a shovel, shoots it between the eyes,...more |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" asks the deadly
serious judge. It's the start of the local contest for Miss Teen
Princess America in Mount Rose, Minnesota (population 5,076). The
absolutely-confident-of-victory Rebecca Leeman...more |
