Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed and Fabulous (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Director: John Pasquin
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  108 reviews
Sales Rank: 28497
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
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MPN: WARD59331D
ISBN: 1419802178
UPC: 012569593312
EAN: 9781419802171
ASIN: B0009KA2OA
Theatrical Release Date: March 24, 2005
Release Date: June 21, 2005
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Having become a media celebrity following her heroic pageant exploits, Gracie has been spending more time lately at the salon than at the shooting range. When her friends are kidnapped in Las Vegas, Gracie's all-out efforts puts her in jeopardy with the FBI top brass.
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F.B.I. operative Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) famously went undercover in a beauty pageant a while back, and now she's supposedly so recognizable that her only use to the agency is as a pretty public representative. Dumped by her boyfriend (whom Benjamin Bratt wisely decided not to portray this time around), a gloomy Gracie goes along with the promo biz until her friend, Miss United States (Heather Burns), is kidnapped along with pageant official Stan Fields (William Shatner) in Las Vegas. Bullock still has perk to please her fans, but neither she nor her awkward alter-ego has any purpose in a sequel to a movie released five years prior. The result is a desperately unfunny, feature-length commercial for Las Vegas tourism, with outdated homosexual stereotypes (Diedrich Bader, as Gracie's stylist) and the usually terrific Regina King (of Ray and Jerry Maguire fame) stuck in a glum role as Bullock's butch bodyguard. Armed? Yes. Fabulous? No. --Steve Wiecking
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 Better than the first June 2, 2009
A. Taylor (Long Beach , CA)
Maybe it's because I'm a rebel but I loved this movie. I thought it was hilarious. Sandra Bullock is one of my favorite actresses and Regina King is amazing as well, they just work so well together. Their partnership and how they manage to become partners is what makes this movie a winner. You could tell they just had fun with this. Great movie in my opinion.
such a cute movie April 6, 2009
Grendel
I love this movie, it didnt get a lot of press but I can watch it over and over again.
 Disappointing sequel that does not live up to the original March 14, 2009
Stuart-Little
Miss Congeniality 2 is billed as a comedy, but I doubt if I laughed more than two or three time through the whole movie. The screen play is weak and the characters are either flat and boring or depressing. On a relative scale if we rate the original Miss Congeniality as a ten then the sequel doesn't deserve better than a four.
The class that Michael Caine brought to the original is completely missing in the sequel. Neither Enrique Murciano or William Shatner come close to Michael Caine.
The box office results are also revealing. The original made well over two hundred million worldwide, but the sequel barely broke one hundred million worldwide.
In conclusion a dull and lifeless movie. Unless you are a diehard Sandra Bullock fan or simply must see every sequel skip this movie and save your money.
 The sequel doesn't live up to the first movie January 22, 2009
Schtinky (California)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's been two weeks since FBI agent Gracie Hart (the fantastic Sandra Bullock) made news headlines for saving the Miss United States Pageant and winner Miss Rhode Island, Cheryl Frasier (Heather Burns), from being blown up by vengeful Pageant Director Kathy Morningside. She's on a bank stakeout to capture an organized group of bank robbers called The Housewives. But things go wrong when Gracie is recognized by an adoring fan, and the Housewives almost get away. Now considered too recognizable to be a field agent, her popularity jeopardizing herself and other agents, FBI Director MacDonald (Ernie Hudson) decides to make Gracie the "New face of the FBI", a publicity position. Agent Eric Matthews has broken up with her (they were together at the end of the first movie) so Gracie decides to take the position. She's introduced to effeminate Joel Meyers (Diedrich Bader - Office Space, The Beverly Hillbillies) who's going to do a total makeover on her, not just makeup and walking like Victor Melling did, but attitude and public appearance as well. (Diedrich Bader is fantastic in his role as Meyers)
Ten months later, Gracie is making television appearances on Regis's show, author of a book, and traveling everywhere on publicity tours to promote the FBI as a kinder, gentler organization. Assigned to be her body guard is new agent Sam Fuller (Regina King), a tough, angry, undisciplined agent who no one wants to work with. Sam doesn't take crap from anybody, and especially dislikes Gracie who is now the epitome of what she hates in women. When Miss United States Cheryl Frasier and Master Of Ceremonies Stan Fields are kidnapped and held for ransom in Las Vegas, MacDonald sends Gracie there to handle all the press conferences. But Cheryl is Gracie's friend, and Gracie can't just stand by the sidelines; she's an agent after all. So Gracie, against MacDonald's wishes, dives headfirst into the investigation, dragging Sam with her. She's determined to find her friends before the kidnapper kills them.
'Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous' was a disappointment after the first movie. It's more stilted and seems to try too hard to be funny, whereas the humor in the first movie flowed naturally. The plot isn't as well written as the first movie either. Sandra Bullock still gives an amazing performance, but its wasted in this sequel. Although, the drag show near the end is pretty hilarious, even if it wasn't necessary to the plot. William Shatner doesn't look well in this movie, and his role wasn't nearly as cleverly written. The visit to Stan's mother at the nursing home was funny also.
Overall, this sequel was unfortunately a miss, which was disappointing to me. I liked the Gracie Hart character so well I would have watched a third movie, but Armed And Dangerous was such a flop that a third movie with the character will never happen. I'm giving the movie 3 stars simply for Sandra Bullock's performance, without her the movie would be 0 stars. Rent, don't buy. Enjoy!
What happened to Gracie Hart? December 25, 2008
Robert Schmidt (Honolulu, HI & Logan, UT USA)
In Miss Congeniality, FBI Agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) is slowly transformed from a competent, take-no-prisoners law enforcement professional, into... a beauty queen? Yes, she has to go undercover for this operation, and the male-dominated FBI had few options. However, Gracie pulls it off, and the day is saved. This transformation is FUNNY, and the story works.
In Miss Congeniality 2, Agent Hart's recognition factor is affecting her ability to be a successful agent. In the middle of one undercover operation, she is identified and asked for an autograph at a very inopportune time. She is given a choice: be the public relations face of the Bureau, or... a desk job.
She choses to be congenial. However, she loses her boyfriend, and is partnered with Agent Fuller (Regina King), an antisocial and angry agent, a misfit who is so unbelievable as even being in the FBI that you'll wince.
Gracie makes the rounds of talk shows and book signings until her friend, innocent Miss United States (from the first movie), is kidnapped along with original pageant official Stan Fields (an increasingly bloated looking William Shatner). There's an "alternative lifestyle" stylist for Gracie, by-the-book FBI agents, and climb-the-ladder-at-all-costs agents. The bad guys are underutilized as characters, and the Hart-Fuller relationship never works.
You do get a taste for that tackling Gracie, as she tackles none other than Dolly Parton (but the chase scene with Dolly so clearly uses a stunt double that you will throw up your arms).
Very forgettable, a shadow of the original, and to be recommended for hard-core Sandra Bullock fans.
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