Drop Dead Gorgeous (DVD)

The Sarah Rose Princess America Pageant is a beauty contest to die for! And that's exactly what the contestants in Mount Rose, Minnesota are doing. Ever since the vivacious but vicious former beauty queen, Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley, TV's Cheers), has been pushing her charm-challenged daughter, Rebecca (Denise Richards, Valentine, The World Is Not Enough), to win at all costs, the competition has been dropping like flies. Between exploding tractors and deadly hunting accidents, it's a wonder the top challenger, poor Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man, Bring It On), has the courage to keep her tap shoes on. But after Amber's mother (Ellen Barkin, Someone Like You, Sea of Love) is injured in a suspicious trailer park-beautyshop bombing, Amber is determined to fight to the finish -- and the battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly! Experience plenty of mom, apple pie and all-American mayhem, plus a hit-packed soundtrack, in this breakthrough comedy that is "clever, fearless and loaded with wicked lines and touches" (Los Angeles Times).

• comedy