• Rating:
• Genre: Comedy Drama
• Movie Type: Screwball Comedy, Satire
• Themes: Obsessive Quests, Mothers and Daughters
• Director: Sally Field
• Main Cast: Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Kathleen Turner, Leslie Stefanson
• Release Year: 2000
• Country: US
• Run Time: 112 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG13

Plot

Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field makes her debut as a director of a theatrical feature with this gently satiric comedy. Mona Hibbard (Minnie Driver) is a woman from a small town in Illinois who never enjoyed much of a rapport with her parents. Looking for approval and validation, Mona began entering local beauty pageants in her early teens; now in her early 20's, Mona is still grimly determined to one day walk away a winner as she finds herself in the early innings of the Miss American Miss competition, organized by Verna Chickle (Kathleen Turner). Somewhere along the way, Mona became a single mother; determined not to let this stand in the way of a pageant victory, Mona has persuaded her best friend Ruby (Joey Lauren Adams) to raise her daughter Vanessa (Hallie Kate Eisenberg) as her own. However, Vanessa seems to have sensed that something is wrong; she feels a much greater bond with Mona than her "mother," and (like nearly everyone else), she's noticed that she looks a lot more like Mona than Ruby. Beautiful also features Kathleen Robertson, Bridgette Wilson, and Leslie Stefanson. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Minnie Driver - Mona Hibbard
• Joey Lauren Adams - Ruby
• Hallie Kate Eisenberg - Vanessa
• Kathleen Turner - Verna Chickle
• Leslie Stefanson - Joyce Parkins

Bridgette Wilson - Lorna, Miss Texas; Kathleen Robertson - Wanda Love, Miss Tennessee; Jordan Lund; Tiffani-Amber Thiessen; Michael McKean - Lance; Ali Landry - Belindy

Credit

Steven Stabler - Executive Producer; Sally Field - Director; Mark Morgan - Co-producer; B.J. Rack - Producer; Leslie Thomas - Art Director; Richard Vane - Executive Producer; Robert Yeoman - Cinematographer; Cathy Sandrich - Casting; Pawel Wdowczak - Sound/Sound Designer; John Frizzell - Composer (Music Score); Debra Neil-Fisher - Editor; John Bertolli - Producer; Charles Breen - Production Designer; Beau Rogers - Executive Producer; Jeffrey Kushon - Set Designer; Jeffrey Kushon - Set Decorator; Kate Driver - Executive Producer; Brent Baum - Executive Producer; Jon Bernstein - Co-producer; Jon Bernstein - Screenwriter; Jade Ramsey - Co-producer; John Nelson - First Assistant Director; Barry London - Executive Producer; Wendy Japhet - Executive Producer; Medusah - Key Hairstylist; David Forrest - Executive Producer

Similar Movies

Carbon Copy; Miss Firecracker; P.K. and the Kid; Smile; And God Created Woman; Election; Drop Dead Gorgeous; Crazy in Alabama; The Next Best Thing; Nurse Betty; Miss Congeniality

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