Drop Dead Gorgeous
United States, Germany
1999
97 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
A mockumentary about a vicious competition between two contestants in a rural Minnesota beauty pageant. While the two girls prepare for the contest, their mothers (an overbearing hairdresser and a civic-minded matriarch) decide they will stop at nothing to help each one’s respective child win the contest. –New Line Cinema
"Richest family in a small town, it's front page news if one of 'em takes a shit!"
90-some minutes of comic genius, but the literal last 30 seconds add an uncharacteristic, bullshit Hollywood ending. WHY?