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Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed And Fabulous [2005]


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Amazon.co.uk Review

F.B.I. operative Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) famously went undercover in a beauty pageant a while back, and now she's supposedly so recognizable that her only use to the agency is as a pretty public representative. Dumped by her boyfriend (whom Benjamin Bratt wisely decided not to portray this time around), a gloomy Gracie goes along with the promo biz until her friend, Miss United States (Heather Burns), is kidnapped along with pageant official Stan Fields (William Shatner) in Las Vegas. Bullock still has perk to please her fans, but neither she nor her awkward alter-ego has any purpose in a sequel to a movie released five years prior. The result is a desperately unfunny, feature-length commercial for Las Vegas tourism, with outdated homosexual stereotypes (Diedrich Bader, as Gracie's stylist) and the usually terrific Regina King (of Ray and Jerry Maguire fame) stuck in a glum role as Bullock's butch bodyguard. Armed? Yes. Fabulous? No. --Steve Wiecking, Amazon.com


I enjoyed this sequel, lots of fun
Review date: 2008-06-28 Rating: 6 out of 10

This very much follows on from the first film, but there's no Sir Michael Caine this time, the film does not hit the road running, but give it 10-12 minutes and it really gets going.

I really enjoy Sandra Bullock in comedy roles, here she is joined by the very impressive Regina King as a fellow agent with an attitude who's in the last chance saloon with the FBI, they both work together superbly and provide the best moments in the film.

Heather Burns, William Shatner and Ernie Hudson are all back, but are not in the film too much, but make the most of their time.

Although I did not find this as funny as the first film I found it to be more fun and the storyline more plausible, there's certainly plenty to laugh at.

Overall a really good effort and a worthy sequel, I certainly enjoyed it.

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Disappointing
Review date: 2007-03-05 Rating: 2 out of 10

I loved Miss Congeniality. I thought it was well written and the actors were brilliantly funny. However, I cannot say the same for the second film. The whole storyline is absolutely obsurd and poorly written.

If you make your partner watch romantic comedies with you, please for the sake of that person, don't make him/her watch it!

An inferior sequel
Review date: 2006-09-28 Rating: 6 out of 10

Sequels are often disappointing and, although Miss Congeniality 2 has some clever ideas, it is not as good as the first movie. MC2 pretty much starts where its predecessor finishes with Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) now a designer-cloth wearing megastar following her heroic rescue in MC1. The antitheses of the tough, cynical cop she once was, a new even tougher girl cop Sam Fuller (Regina King) is hired as her minder. The pair hate each other at first but, when tragedy strikes, they gradually meet in the middle and (surprise, surprise) save the day.

A goodish story then but Miss Congeniality 2 is spoilt by its crass modern commercialisation and product placement. Watch it if you enjoyed the first film but prepare to be disappointed.


Armed and certainly fabulous...
Review date: 2006-09-27 Rating: 10 out of 10

I disagree with previous reviews about the first film being better. They are both great films alone, and I must say the 2nd (Miss Conjeniality 2), I found to be funny and uplifting.. my favourite of the two.

Enjoyable for all ages. Light and funny. x

watch the first film instead!
Review date: 2006-08-15 Rating: 6 out of 10

The first ten minutes of Miss Congeniality 2 are better than the first ten minutes of Miss Congeniality 1 but the rest of the film is nowhere near as good.The writers of Miss Congeniality 2 failed to make the characters as likeable and engaging as they were in the first film and it seemed to me that William Shatner was shown every now and again just to remind the viewer that he was actually in the movie.The partnership between Regina King and Sandra Bullock as FBI agents was not as interesting or as convincing as the one Bullock had with Benjamin Bratt in Miss Congeniality 1.And the absence of Michael Caine in the sequel meant that it lacked a touch of class.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Sandra Bullock
Enrique Murciano
William Shatner
Regina King
Ernie Hudson

Creators:
Sandra Bullock (Primary Contributor)
Regina King (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
EAN: 7321900593311
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL,
Release date: 2005-07-11
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 111 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2005
Language: Arabic (Subtitled)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: German (Subtitled)
Language: Hebrew (Subtitled)
Language: Icelandic (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: German (Dubbed)

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