Miss Congeniality

2000 comedy film directed by Donald Petrie
Movie film Q532372
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Summary

Miss Congeniality is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,456 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Donald Petrie[3]
  • Screenwriter: Marc Lawrence[4], Katie Ford[5]
  • Composer: Edward Shearmur[6]
  • Genre: comedy film[7], crime film[8]
  • Followed by: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous[9]
  • Cast member: William Shatner[10], Sandra Bullock[11], Benjamin Bratt[12], Candice Bergen[13], Michael Caine[14], Ernie Hudson[15], Heather Burns[16], Asia DeMarcos[17], Cody Linley[18], Deirdre Quinn[19], Jennifer Gareis[20], Jimmy Graham[21], Steve Monroe[22], Melissa De Sousa[23]
  • Producer: Sandra Bullock[24], Marc Lawrence[25]
  • Production company: Village Roadshow Pictures[26], Castle Rock Entertainment[27]
  • Director of photography: László Kovács[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[30]
  • Review score: 5.1/10[31], 41%[32], 43/100[33]
  • Color: color[34]
  • Country of origin: United States[35], Australia[36]
  • Publication date: December 22, 2000[37], March 29, 2001[38]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[39], Netflix[40]
  • Narrative location: Texas[41]
  • Filming location: New York City[42]
  • Main subject: Miss USA[43], terrorism[44], Infiltration[45]
  • Film editor: Billy Weber[46]
  • Title: Miss Congeniality[47]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[48]
  • Duration: 109[49]
  • Box office: 212,700,000[50]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 12[51], 6[52]

Why It Matters

Miss Congeniality has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 212346
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 24128
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  3. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0022355
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2000-12-22T00:00:00Z, +2001-03-29T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford
    Duration → {'amount': '+109'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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