Carnelle isn't happy with her life, so in order to improve herself she enters a local beauty contest, trying to emulate her cousin Elain's win many years ago. Few think she can win, even her closest friends and relatives (e.g. slightly mad cousin Delmount) think she's heading for a big disappointment, but Carnelle is ever hopeful, seeing a win as a ticket to escape her small town in Mississippi.... (Full plot summary below)
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Carnelle isn't happy with her life, so in order to improve herself she enters a local beauty contest, trying to emulate her cousin Elain's win many years ago. Few think she can win, even her closest friends and relatives (e.g. slightly mad cousin Delmount) think she's heading for a big disappointment, but Carnelle is ever hopeful, seeing a win as a ticket to escape her small town in Mississippi.
Leave your thoughts about Miss Firecracker.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat finally makes Miss Firecracker special is that it is not about who wins the contest, but about how all beauty contests are about the need to be loved and about how silly a beauty contest can seem if somebody really loves you. |
| Movie MomNell MinowA neglected gem with sensational performances by everyone, especially Steenburgen and Woodard. |
| EmpireBarry McllhenneyWith remarkable performances, aggressive direction and a cracking pace, this is superb cinema, even if the historical accuracy leaves much to be desired. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversMiss Firecracker is a spirited lark that happily survives most missteps; it’s shot through with enchantment. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkDespite touches of enforced eccentricity, the story is redeemed by its observation of bittersweet relationships and self-deceptions. |
| The New York TimesWayne KingFor those who know such places, Mr. Parker, who is English, evokes the texture, the gritty, fly-specked Southernness, the brooding sense of small-town menace, the racial hatred, with considerable accuracy. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyParker, a director of breadth, not depth, never supplies the big answers, but he does powerfully depict the climate of the Confederacy in the "Freedom Summer" of 1964. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA gentle, off-beat satire that characterizes a bunch of Southern oddballs striving for acceptance. |
| EmpireTom DoniphonHighly amusing and well paced, an engaging fairy-tale with a slightly sinister underbelly. |
| Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzIt’s a low-budget production with major-league acting by Mary Steenburgen, Holly Hunter and Alfre Woodard. It’s not directed sharply enough; Thomas Schlamme is particularly weak on the fight scenes. |
