Drop Dead Gorgeous, the 1999 darkish comedy that was initially a field workplace flop however has since gone on to realize beloved cult hit standing, turns 20 this month. And now the movie is streaming for the primary time ever on Hulu, so maybe it may be found and loved by an entire new technology of followers.
For these unfamiliar with the plot, Drop Dead Gorgeous is a mockumentary-style movie set within the fictional city of Mount Rose, Minnesota, the place teen magnificence pageant contestants preserve, properly, dropping useless as a consequence of suspicious circumstances. The all-star forged options Kirsten Dunst as Amber Atkins — a peppy however financially deprived teen who enrolls within the pageant in order that she may observe within the footsteps of her idol, Diane Sawyer, and escape the trimmings of small city life. Ellen Barkin stars as Amber’s mom Annette, whereas Allison Janney could also be the actual MVP of the movie as Loretta — Annette’s buddy and trailer park neighbor.
Meanwhile, the pageant is organized by Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley), a former winner and spouse to a outstanding native enterprise proprietor who’s gunning for her daughter Becky (Denise Richards) to observe in her footsteps by successful the pageant. Brittany Murphy and Amy Adams (in her first ever movie function) additionally spherical out the forged as pageant contestants.