Miss Firecracker (1989)

Name: Miss Firecracker
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1989-04-28
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Cast: Holly Hunter, Alfre Woodard, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins

Comedy

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Cast: Holly Hunter, Alfre Woodard, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins

6.1

82%

Runtime102 min

RatingPG

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Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.

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Fans of director Thomas Schlamme's quirky comedic style will appreciate the offbeat charm of Miss Firecracker, featuring a standout performance from Holly Hunter as a determined Mississippi beauty pageant contestant looking to change her life in this 1989 character-driven comedy.

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Miss Firecracker is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Thomas Schlamme. It stars Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard, and Scott Glenn. The film, set in Yazoo City, Mississippi, was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley and is based on her 1984 play The Miss Firecracker Contest. Holly Hunter reprised the role of Carnelle Scott, whom she played in an Off-Broadway production of Henley’s play.