Miss Firecracker (1989)
Ratings:
5.6 (TMDb)
Released:
1989-04-28
Runtime:
1h 42m
Genres:
Comedy
Countries:
United States of America
Director:
Thomas Schlamme
Actors:
Holly Hunter, Alfre Woodard, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Scott Glenn, Trey Wilson, Ann Wedgeworth, Amy Wright
Synopsis
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.