Drop Dead Gorgeous

PG-13

Released Jul 23, 1999

1 hr. 39 min.

Comedy

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An annual beauty pageant in small-town Minnesota turns ridiculously competitive and ultimately chaotic in this biting comedy. Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst), the daughter of hard-drinking mom Annette (Ellen Barkin), and Becky Leeman (Denise Richards), who is motivated by her former beauty-queen mother, Gladys (Kirstie Alley), are among the top contenders in the event. As Amber, Becky, and other local girls prepare for the big day, bizarre incidents occur, leading up to an ending with a bang.

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Critics Consensus

It's dark humor sometimes hits, but mostly misses the target.

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Marc S

This is one of the best movies of all time. The concept, the comedy, the script, the CAST. I could watch this movie a thousand times.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/19/23

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Christian D Y

This movie is solid gold. Rotten tomatoes doesn't know 💩. Trust me. Solid. Gold.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/05/23

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Tomas A

Literally everyone in this movie is delivering their best. The snappy lines. Layered jokes. "Didn't even get to keep my damn tiara" This movie isn't for everybody. Bit for those it's made for. It's pure perfection!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/18/23

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Ravenswood R

Shallow and unconvincing mockumentary. Painfully bad at times. Maybe 3-4 times something was actually funny. Cashing in on Fargo for the "funny accents" while very poorly trying to imitate the Christopher Guest movies. Those movies create a fantasy world which is interesting, plausible and imaginative. This fails to come close. Of course the acting is often good with top level people in this, but the story, filming, timing, editing, really everything else is crammed in, derivative and annoying. The culmination of all of the failed efforts at humor: everyone starts barfing, then an innocent woman gets shot, and we assume, killed. What could be funnier? Hard to watch.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/16/23

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Jonathan G

I've seen this movie a couple times when it first came out and it Has to be one of the funniest comedies that I've ever seen in the top five. When I see some of the negative reviews, I'm thinking have these people seen the same movie? Do they have a sense of humor? Or are they just too uptight and into the being appropriate BS. And we should all be appropriate and kind to all races and people but we're getting a little bit overboard. I do not understand the pronoun thing, but that's another subject. This movie made me laugh so hard I almost peed. My pants and laughter is good for you so I think it's a great movie and I think it's one of the best made and even Denise Richards was funny in this movie and she is a terrible actress, but that works for her and this. So get your popcorn turn on TV put all that appropriate VHS tape and put all that appropriateness behind you for an hour and a half and laugh.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/06/23

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Michael Patrick Jann

Director

Kirsten Dunst

Amber Atkins

Ellen Barkin

Annette Atkins

Allison Janney

Loretta

Denise Richards

Rebecca 'Becky' Ann Leeman

Kirstie Alley

Gladys Leeman

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Jia Tolentino

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The smile of a beauty queen, the glinting crown and the heaps of flowers, always holds the faint scent of bloodlust, and a whisper of the grave.

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Rated: 2/4

Mar 19, 2002

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Kevin Thomas

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Rated: 4/5

Feb 14, 2001

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Acerbic and hilariously un-PC, Drop Dead Gorgeous stands the test of time as one of the best comedies ever made.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 12, 2022

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

This cult classic is horribly offensive and devastatingly funny. Featuring a stacked cast of powerful female performers and a razor sharp screenplay, Drop Dead Gorgeous is a misunderstood classic that we will never see the likes of again.

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Brian Eggert

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While funny at times, it doesn't resonate beyond the gleeful, acidic surface

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 17, 2022

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Synopsis

An annual beauty pageant in small-town Minnesota turns ridiculously competitive and ultimately chaotic in this biting comedy. Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst), the daughter of hard-drinking mom Annette (Ellen Barkin), and Becky Leeman (Denise Richards), who is motivated by her former beauty-queen mother, Gladys (Kirstie Alley), are among the top contenders in the event. As Amber, Becky, and other local girls prepare for the big day, bizarre incidents occur, leading up to an ending with a bang.

Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Executive Producer: Donna Langley, Claire Rudnick Polstein, Lona Williams, Carla Fry
Screenwriter: Lona Williams
Distributor: New Line Cinema, Capella International, Icon Film Distribution Ltd., Pony Canyon Inc., Metropolitan Filmexport [fr], Filmes Castello Lopes [pt], Concorde Filmverleih, New Line Home Video [us]
Production Co: New Line Cinema, KC Medien AG, Capella International
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 23, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 3, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.6M
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)