“Drop Dead Gorgeous has claws, and manages to stick them in all the right places . . . pulls off stunts and jokes that could’ve been cruel under another director’s watch.”

- Edward Guthmann

“A horrendous script and a feeble director victimize a terrific cast”

- Susan Stark

Drop Dead Gorgeous

In this mockumentary of a Minnesota teen beauty pageant, a contestant and her mother stop at nothing to ensure victory. Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Allison Janney, Brittany Murphy, William Sasso, Amy Adams, Dylan Bullard, Nora Dunn. Director: Michael Patrick Jann (1999, PG-13)