• Starring: Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Minnie Driver
  • Summary: On her way to becoming Miss America, a poor girl (Driver) faces her life's goal and discovers what is really important.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 28
  2. Negative: 19 out of 28
  1. In the end, dark comedy drives the film, but it's overwhelmed by a desire to be liked, really liked.
  2. 60
    Generally engaging.
  3. 38
    Rarely does a movie go so thoroughly wrong in so many ways.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. BobH.
    1
    Minnie Driver as a Miss America contestant? Be serious...maybe as a dog show contestant.
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