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DVD Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed and Fabulous (Widescreen Edition)
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 The result is a desperately unfunny, feature-length commercial for Las Vegas tourism, with outdated homosexual stereotypes (Diedrich Bader, as Gracie's stylist) and the usually terrific Regina King (of Ray and Jerry Maguire fame) stuck in a glum role as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
Review(s): DVD Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed and Fabulous (Widescreen Edition)
even better than the first one
the first one is very funny, but it is not deep enough to portray the characters as the second one. Audience should somehow treat this one as an individual movie, but not a sequel and you must learn something meanful from it.
It is good to watch it a few times more and you would definitely love it.
Good Sequel
This movie picks up right where the first one left off. If you liked the first one or you are a Sandra Bullock fan then you will like this movie. It is every bit as strong as the first one if not stronger, not to mention entertaining.
What The...??
Most sequels to successful movies ever really measure up to the first one, and some positively bomb any attempts to measure up. Armed with this knowledge, born of tragic past experiences of sequels that truly suck, "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" was foisted upon me.
And I thought, "What the...?" I was laughing for a good deal of this movie! For anyone who knows me, this type of film is definitely not part of my scene, but I have to confess to really enjoying this one.
The story line brings back Agent Hart, and teams her up with Agent Fuller with a massive anger-management issue, as they both get stuck into a kidnapping case involving Miss USA from the first movie. Of course, their involvement is completely against the wishes of the FBI, and also throws in a public image consultant to boot.
"Miss Congeniality 2" is one of those rare cases where the sequel has exceeded and proven superior to the original installment, in my opinion. The humour was more varied, Bullock seemed a more finished and polished performance, and the addition of new characters gave the movie some more depth and variety to it.
The only disappointing thing with the DVD here is the lack of special features, which are just the deleted scenes. It would have been interesting to see a "Making of.." section and something more. This is a small quibble, but it would have been nice.
If "Miss Congeniality" was your thing, you are going to love this one. I enjoyed it and had a very good laugh. It was great!
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