Review of Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) by Johnny T — 23 Feb 2012

Screenwriter Marc Lawrence, who worked on the original, throws in unbelievable plot twists merely as excuses for comic mayhem. Much of Sandra Bullock's screen appeal, going back to Wrestling Ernest Hemingway and Speed, comes from our perception that she's a good sport. It will help if you're one, too, if you choose to sit through the sporadically amusing but sometimes slogging Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. A colleague noted that choices at the multiplex could have been juiced up with Bullock subbing for Naomi Watts in The Ring Two and Watts for Bullock here. Sporadically amusing but sometimes slogging. We also get a gay male sidekick, who seems borrowed from about 500 other contemporary comedies, and a wretchedly icky schoolgirl subplot, which, for one thing, keeps a nearly two-hour comedy from ending 10 minutes earlier than it should. Paired with Bullock is a beyond-feisty Regina King (Ray), who plays a ball of physical aggression no one will work with. Naturally, she becomes Bullock's bodyguard. Deliriously funny if instantly forgettable.

VERDICT: "In The Zone" - [Mixed Reaction] These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says buy an ex-rental or a cheap price of the DVD to own. If you consider cinema, ask for people's opinion on the film. (Films that are rated 2.5 or 3 stars).