Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

johndoc1 This movie is grossly underrated. Will Sasso's Hank alone makes it a comedy classic. Ellen Barkin and Allison Janney are amazing. When Ellen first appears with the beer can fused to her hand, I lost it. The entire town interview scene is just superb. The town pageant from Hank's antics at the car to the conclusion is just perfect. The movie slogs a bit at the end (like the production ran out of money), but what comes before is just golden. Terrific cast, both up and coming - Kirsten Durst, early Brittany Murphy, Denise Richards and experienced actors - Sam McMurray, Mindy Sterling ("Scott!!!), Nora Dunn. Just watch it.

Casey Dillard Irreverent, fun and light. Not exactly a subtle jab at pageants, but a hilarious one. All the stereotypes you'd expect are there, but it doesn't keep them from being amusing at every turn. The talking heads in this movie are consistently excellent, as are the performances. Kirsten Dunst, Allison Janey, Denise Richards, Brittany Murphy and the rest of the cast do a wonderful job handling their consistently silly, but familiar characters. The film drags a bit towards its predictable (but not unsatisfying) ending, but the laughs it accumulates along the way give it the momentum required to push through. I'd recommend it to anyone.

copperncherrio The Minnesota accent is fantastic and the details to humor is just brilliant. Granted not everyone in Minnesota sounds like that, but it is a far more of an accurate accent than the strong one in Fargo. It's fair to say this because I actually live 30 minutes from Minnesota. There's just so much going on in the background and as silly as everything is, you are really rooting for Dunst's character, even though the tone is so "Strictly Ballroom" (outrageous and sweet). The documentary style is perfect for this it brings out the charm and ugliness of the whole story.Honestly, I'm just surprised that this movie wasn't and isn't more popular. Or at least some sort of cult classic. I miss humor like this. I'd trade awkward silence to sweet satire any day. *Also I love Amy Adams in this film, from a Stripper to Enchanted princess... a girl can really dream.

WakenPayne I am flabbergasted too this is no way my thing a teen pageant comedy is not my thing but when it melds together with this I like it. It really boggles my mind how the hell Kirsten Dunst ever became in a Crow movie it's not that she's not a good actress she is a talented actress.SPOILERS IN PLOT the basic plot is that someone running a teen pageant who her daughter is in so she rigs it and not in a legal way she starts killing the competition and Amber Atkins (Dunst) is next but in all of her attempts it doesn't work. so what do we have in the talent show that the runner kills all the competition. the daughter sings "your just to good to be true" a horrible song and sings it badly I might add and dancing with Jesus on the cross. do you believe that the mother actually left some people over? I think your answer is "yes" but eventually Kirsten performs after a costume fiasco and she still gave the winner out to the daughter but Atkins' thing that she was better than her performance but the thing is that she blew up her daughter on a swan in a parade to make Dunst the winner.You may think it's not my thing but I laughed.