Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Jul 12, 2022 5/5

Acerbic and hilariously un-PC, Drop Dead Gorgeous stands the test of time as one of the best comedies ever made.

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Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast Jul 1, 2022

This cult classic is horribly offensive and devastatingly funny. Featuring a stacked cast of powerful female performers and a razor sharp screenplay, Drop Dead Gorgeous is a misunderstood classic that we will never see the likes of again.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Feb 17, 2022 2.5/4

While funny at times, it doesn't resonate beyond the gleeful, acidic surface

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Chase Burns The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Dec 9, 2021

The film's jokes progressively rely on a tension between tragedy and optimism.

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Ellie Lucas From the Front Row Nov 9, 2020 3/4

An acidic, gleefully misanthropic comedy that pulls no punches in its razor-sharp satire of beauty pageant drama.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 13, 2020 2/4

Imagine Heathers or Election without their savvy satire or impeccable comic timing and you basically get Drop Dead Gorgeous.

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Jia Tolentino The New Yorker Jul 8, 2019

The smile of a beauty queen, the glinting crown and the heaps of flowers, always holds the faint scent of bloodlust, and a whisper of the grave.

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Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Jul 19, 2018

In spite of all the predictability, the campy tone of Drop Dead Gorgeous, combined with such fun performances, is what makes it so wonderful.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Jul 25, 2015 6/10

Too caustic to be as funny as it easily should be with this scenario and in some cases these exact lines of dialogue.

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James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette Jun 23, 2002

Williams, however, thinks we should be tickled just by the mere mention of cow-tipping, lutefisk and Melissa Manchester. ... Poor people living in trailer parks and wearing polyester -- pretty witty stuff, this.

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James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Feb 27, 2001 1.5/4

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Feb 14, 2001 4/5

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Lawrence Toppman Charlotte Observer Jan 1, 2000

Ghoulishly funny!

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Mark de la Viña San Jose Mercury News Jan 1, 2000

Viciously funny!

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Jeff Millar Houston Chronicle Jan 1, 2000

Funny and sharply satiric!

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Francesca Dinglasan Boxoffice Magazine Jan 1, 2000

Humorously effective!

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Shirley Sealy Film Journal International Jan 1, 2000

The spicy, fast-paced script is salt-and-peppered with zany zingers.

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