Miss Congeniality (film)

Miss Congeniality
A woman in a dress holding roses and an American flag
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDonald Petrie
Written by
Produced bySandra Bullock
Starring
CinematographyLászló Kovács
Edited byBilly Weber
Music byEdward Shearmur
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22) (United States)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$45 million[1]
Box office$212.7 million[1]

Miss Congeniality is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas, and produced by and starring Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart, a tomboy agent who is asked by the FBI to go undercover as a contestant when a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant. Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, and Ernie Hudson star in supporting roles.

Miss Congeniality was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 22, 2000 to mixed or average critic reviews and was a box office hit, grossing $212 million worldwide against its $45 million budget, and earned Bullock a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. It was followed by the sequel Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous in 2005.

  1. ^ a b "Miss Congeniality (2000)". Box Office Mojo. April 29, 2001. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2016.