Drop Dead Gorgeous
New Line Cinema | Release Date: July 23, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
7
Negative:
16
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Drop Dead Ugly is more like it. Read full review
30
Film.comRobert Horton
Oddly enough, I'm enjoying the memory of these jokes more than I actually enjoyed watching the film.
30
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
The film means to be a darkly funny look at the perils of winning at all costs, but there's nothing dark and searching about its take. Read full review
30
Washington PostRita Kempley
Ironically, the filmmakers don't seem to realize that their movie is even shallower and sillier than its targets. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneBarbara Shulgasser
There may be better ways to waste your time than seeing this movie. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A cheap cut-glass tiara of a booby prize goes to Drop Dead Gorgeous for messing up so utterly. Read full review
25
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
It should be renamed "Drop Dead Ghetto" and hauled off to the "Jerry Springer" hall of shame. Read full review
20
VarietyDennis Harvey
A relatively pain-free, if brain-free, diversion. Read full review
20
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
It's like a cross between "Heathers" and "Waiting For Guffman," had those movies been made by morons, for morons, and the cinematic equivalent of cow-tipping, only less graceful. Read full review
10
Film.comJohn Hartl
Broad, obvious and thuddingly unfunny, Drop Dead Gorgeous makes almost every previous "mockumentary" look like a work of genius.
10
New Times (L.A.)Bill Gallo
With malice for all, Drop Dead Gorgeous isn't likely to win any popularity contests. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Screenwriter Lona Williams and director Michael Patrick Jann spare no attempt to show characters at their zaniest, wackiest or most grotesque. The effect is disconcerting. Is this light comedy or dark satire? It ends up being neither. Read full review
10
NewsweekTed Gideonse
The crude humor in Drop Dead Gorgeous does not have a moral point to it. It's just crude. Read full review
10
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Even sillier than it is cynical, Drop Dead Gorgeous is a tiresome tale. Read full review
10
Film.comSean Means
Drop Dead Gorgeous eventually shows that it doesn't like anybody -- in the movie or in the audience.
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
This biting parody of flyover-state beauty contests feels like a bad made-for-TV movie of the week. Read full review
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