Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999 · 98 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.5 (439 votes)
Dir. Michael Patrick Jann · Starring Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Allison Janney, Sam McMurray · Music Mark Mothersbaugh

The battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly.

Comedy

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

VIBE

A hilariously twisted mockumentary that skewers small-town ambition and media obsession. It's a darkly funny, campy ride through a pageant where everything goes wrong, leaving you cackling at the sheer absurdity.

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