Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Stan are being held. It is then up to Hart to save the day once more, but this time with the help of Agent Fuller. Sandra Bullock and writer Marc Lawrence initially had no plans for a sequel. While working on "Two Weeks Notice", Bullock and Lawrence joked about ideas for a "Miss Congeniality" sequel, some of which "weren't that far-fetched" according to Bullock. Las Vegas was featured in an early version of the first film, but was ultimately written out of the script. A five-week shoot in southern Nevada began on April 12, 2004. Approximately half of the film's
Gracie (film) on the World Trade Center. "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper" gave "Gracie" "Two Thumbs up", stating, "You've seen it before, but you'll rarely see it better." "Gracie" is a "New York Times Critics' Pick." Times critic Jeannette Catsoulis described "Gracie" as "a familiar underdog story told with unusual sensitivity ... "Gracie" connects the adversity-drama dots – the beat-down, the bounce-back, the last-minute support from an unexpected quarter – with a subtle awareness of the shock waves of bereavement. Balancing the emotional complexity is Chris Manley's refreshingly unaffected cinematography; the drama of a free kick, like that of a