Unpolished, unkempt, unleashed, undercover.
For her entire life, Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) has dreamed of emulating the career of her mother, Emily, a highly-esteemed FBI agent who died in the line of duty. Unfortunately, Gracie's aggressive nature has branded her as a loose cannon, and the only one in the bureau who actually believes in her is fellow agent and friend, Eric Matthews (Benjamin Bratt).
When a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant, the FBI rushes to find a female agent to go undercover as a contestant. Unfortunately, Gracie is the only female FBI agent who can look the part despite her complete lack of refinement and femininity. She prides herself in being just one of the boys and is horrified at the idea of becoming a girly girl.
To assist her with the emergency assignment, the bureau enlists the help of Victor Melling (Michael Caine), an obsessive and pompous pageant consultant, to transform Gracie from a "woman without a detectable smidgen of oestrogen" to Gracie Lou Freebush, glamorous beauty queen. Transformation complete, Gracie must get comfortable with the mercilessly driven and perfectly coifed contestants, infiltrate the pageant and thwart the terrorists.
Special Agent Matti
Even though I have no idea what this film is like, I'm kind of hoping that it'll be bad so I can call it Miss Congealiality. Wouldn't that be funny? Har, har, har!
Oh well.
M (Low level violence)
110 minutes (1:50 hours)
DVD retail: 29 August 2001
VHS retail: 5 December 2001
DVD retail: 10 April 2002
DVD retail: 22 September 2005 - Double set