REWIND: Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

The Sarah Rose American Teen Princess 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 started pushing her charm-challenged daughter, Rebecca, 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, has the courage to keep her tap shoes on. But after Amber’s mother is injured in a suspicious trailer-park-beauty-shop bombing, Amber is determined to fight to the finish — and the battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly!

Despite the incredible cast (Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney and Amy Adams in her first-ever film role), this turn-of-the-millennium mockumentary comedy was basically impossible to watch in the streaming era. Until now! Join Tampa Theatre as we lean way into the “brat summer” thing with Drop Dead Gorgeous!