Every movie Kirsten Dunst was in while I was a teenager was a gift.
Favorite (Not Necessarily Best) Four From Every Year Since Birth
Drop Dead Gorgeous
The battle between the good and the bad is bound to get ugly.
Rating
5.0 (1)
Release Date
7/23/1999Runtime
98 minsGenres
Overview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$10,000,000Revenue
$10,571,408Homepage
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How It Feels
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A mockumentary that tears apart small-town beauty pageant culture with escalating violence played for laughs, where a ruthless mother's increasingly elaborate murder attempts go unpunished while her sweet rival keeps showing up to compete. It's grotesque, mean-spirited, and never lets you forget that money and status make consequences disappear.
Mood
UnsettlingDefiant
Themes
AmbitionClassFamilyObsession
Pacing
Brisk
Look
Documentary-likeStylized genre
Heads up
Graphic violenceBody horrorAddiction
Kirsten Dunst
Amber Atkins
Ellen Barkin
Annette Atkins
Denise Richards
Rebecca Ann "Becky" Leeman
Kirstie Alley
Gladys Leeman
Allison Janney
Loretta
Sam McMurray
Lester Leeman
Mindy Sterling
Iris Clark
Brittany Murphy
Lisa Swenson
Amy Adams
Leslie Miller
Laurie A. Sinclair
Michelle Johnson
Shannon Nelson
Tess Weinhaus
Tara Redepenning
Molly Howard
Reviews
Kristen Dunst's 1999 run of Virgin Suicides into Drop Dead Gorgeous into Dick cemented her as one of my all-time faves.
This is a perfect teenage dark comedy. It gets bonus points for also being a mockumentary. It gets even more bonus points for being a teen movie that has no central love story. It has earned its cult status.
Favorite (Not Necessarily Best) Four From Every Year Since Birth
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