Now the latest Miss Illinois, Mona is poised to enter the Miss American Miss beauty pageant. With the help of her best friend, Ruby (JOEY LAUREN ADAMS), whose young and feisty daughter, Vanessa (HALLIE KATE EISENBERG), is decidedly less enthusiastic about the whole matter, Mona sets out to win the crown. Several obstacles stand in her way, however, including Joyce Parkins (LESLIE STEFANSON), a onetime competitor and current TV reporter who's determined to ruin Mona's life.
Of course, there are the other contestants, including Lorna, Miss Texas (BRIDGETTE WILSON) and Wanda Love, Miss Tennessee (KATHLEEN ROBERTSON), but Mona is more concerned about getting good PR and her mother's support. When she ends up having to take care of Vanessa for an extended time as the pageant begins, however, Mona finds herself facing the biggest choices and challenges of her life.
Some brief, sexually related dialogue is also present, a woman suggestively licks an oversized lollipop while briefly talking taking about abstinence, and various young women show varying amounts of cleavage while others are seen getting dressed (including one in her panties and another holding/covering her bare breasts).
Many of the characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes (especially the protagonist), while a nursing home resident takes her life via an overdose of pills (off screen) and some child molestation is suggested but not seriously addressed (a man comes into the teenage protagonist's bedroom at night and tries pulling down the sheets).
Meanwhile, some tense family moments are present, while a few characters drink and smoke. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for anyone in your home, we suggest that you more closely examine our detailed content listings for specific examples of what occurs in the film.
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(2000) (Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Moderate
Minor
Extreme
None
None
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
None
Minor
Heavy
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
Minor
Moderate
Moderate
Mild
CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO
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(Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below).
Reviewed September 26, 2000 / Posted September 29, 2000
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