Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous makes Sandra Bullock quit romantic comedies genre.
Miss Congeniality didn't age gracefully.
Sandra Bullock returned as Gracie Hart in her new movie "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous", a sequel to her 2000 hit about a tomboy FBI agent going undercover at a beauty pageant.
Being a producer of “Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous” directed by John Pasquin Sandra Bullock relies on showing Gracie still as a tomboy federal agent turned glam queen.
Miss Congeniality is again in the focus of public and media eye after her raid at the Miss United States pageant that made her celebrity.
When FBI decides that it would be a great idea to use Gracie for public-relations purposes, she faces another wave of media hype, and even her bodyguard-partner Sam Fuller (Regina King) dismisses her as "FBI Barbie."
When Gracie’s pageant buddies Miss United States Cheryl Frazier (Heather Burns) and the pageant's host Stan Fields (William Shatner) have been abducted in Las Vegas, Gracie is pressed into action with her new partner to help find them.
Also helping Miss Congeniality out is Diedrich Bader (The Drew Carey Show) who plays her stylist Joel and not so smart agent Jeff Foreman (Enrique Murciano) of the CBS hit "Without a Trace."
Even though a flock of agents is working on the case, Gracie-Bullock is the only one (as always) who finds a whole host of rather obvious clues. So he strikes out on her own, with the help of her angry bodyguard and her stereotypically queer stylist to solve the case.
“Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous” is filled with plenty of butt-kicking, stunts and the scenery of Vegas and its swank hotels and shows. Even though most locations serve well as shamelessly blatant advertisements for Las Vegas attractions and make little sense in the context of the plot, it’s not what irritates most.
Bullock continues to show a comedic flair and vulnerability that make you like her and root for her. It’s really sad to see a really fine actress trapped in such a predictable and mainstream genre.
Sandra Bullock has recently been quoted as saying she's fed up with being pigeonholed and wants to take more risks as an actress. That means she’s done with romantic comedies.
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