| RATING: | 60% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
Both the strength and the weakness of this movie lies in it being very easy to parody Whites - because of their superficial culture - and the fact that this provides very large and conspicuous targets for satire.
This makes the humor here rather broad and obvious (a White mother tries to ensure her daughter a beauty contest wins by murdering her opponents) because the creators are being a bit lazy in attacking someone so obviously ludicrous as White beauty pageants. Lacking the wit and insight of movies like Smile or Miss Congeniality, the film lounges around taking potshots at something even those involved in it often feel is somewhat tacky; leading to their defensiveness in defending such spectacles.
A very talented and sexy cast (especially Amy ADAMS, Kirstie ALLEY, Ellen BARKIN & Denise RICHARDS) is wasted in this mediocre flick because their characters lack depth. One is thankful that many of them went on to bigger and better things.
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