Miss Firecracker (1989)
• April 28th, 1989 • 1h 42min
Comedy
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Dukes
Released on: 2007-04-23
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
The Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008. ...
Major Barbara
Released on: 1941-05-14
Comedy
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels ...
America 101
Released on: 2005-02-27
Comedy
Two brothers leave their home in Mexico in search of the 'American Dream', only to realize it was in...
Ira & Abby
Released on: 2006-06-23
Comedy, Romance
A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spiri...
Stanley Cuba
Released on: 2007-01-01
Comedy
Photography student Stanley Cuba's (Mike Birbiglia) life has striking parallels to that of iconic di...
Escanaba in da Moonlight
Released on: 2001-01-26
Comedy, Drama
On the eve of deer-hunting season in Michigan, a family of hunters contends with the shame of their ...
To Be Fat Like Me
Released on: 2007-01-08
TV Movie, Comedy
Pretty, popular, and slim high-schooler Aly Schimdt had plans of earning a sports scholarship to col...
The Monster Club
Released on: 1981-04-11
Horror, Comedy
A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture o...
People's Deputy
Released on: 1964-01-01
Comedy
Film adaptation of “People’s Deputy” by Branislav Nusic, one of the most frequently staged plays in ...
Life During Wartime
Released on: 2010-04-16
Comedy, Drama
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn wo...
Palookaville
Released on: 1995-09-07
Comedy, Crime
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of...
Window Theory
Released on: 2005-01-01
Comedy, Romance
An aimless playboy returns to his hometown for his best friend's wedding, only to find that the brid...
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Released on: 2003-01-21
Comedy, Drama
Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for ...
Film Geek
Released on: 2005-01-25
Comedy
The story of Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk who gets fired from his job and becomes...
Boeing, Boeing
Released on: 1965-12-22
Comedy
Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air Fran...
My Family
Released on: 1995-05-03
Comedy, Drama
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. M...
Living It Up
Released on: 1954-08-04
Comedy, Music
Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small New Mexico town of Desert Hole. One day, he finds an a...
Harlem Hostel
Released on: 2010-02-12
Comedy, Drama
Friends from Queens decide to move into a run down Harlem brownstone ultimately converting it into a...
The Good Guy
Released on: 2009-04-25
Comedy, Romance
Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, ...
Happy Tears
Released on: 2009-10-16
Comedy, Drama
Two sisters return home to care for their aging father.