As I watched this black comedy about a small town obsessed with its annual beauty pageant, I was constantly reminded of the superior 1996 movie Waiting For Guffman. Not only are both of these films "mockumentaries," but they also share a distinctly mean-spirited view of Middle America. Though Gorgeous can't pull off the effortless artifice of Guffman (the "interview" scenes with Kirstie Alley are particularly ham-fisted), it generates a few yuks through its liberal use of cruelty and crudity. If you're the kind of person that can laugh out loud at the expense of anorexics, pedophiles and retards, then I urge you to see this film.
--Greg Petix
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