Holly Hunter
Carnelle Scott
Miss Firecracker (1989)
"An explosive comedy!"
56%
User
Score
Score
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.
Thomas Schlamme
Director
Beth Henley
Screenplay
Top Billed Cast
Alfre Woodard
Popeye Jackson
Mary Steenburgen
Elaine Rutledge
Tim Robbins
Delmount Williams
Scott Glenn
Mac Sam
Trey Wilson
Benjamin Drapper
Ann Wedgeworth
Miss Blue
Amy Wright
Missy Mahoney
Veanne Cox
Tessy Mahoney
Christine Lahti
Clara Archer
Bert Remsen
Mr. Morton
Kathleen Chalfant
Miss Lilly
Lori Hayes
Sally Chin
Brent Spiner
Preacher Mann
Recommendations
Miss Congeniality
2000
Smile
1975
Steel Magnolias
1989
Dumplin'
2018
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
My Dog Skip
2000
The Reivers
1969
Little Miss Sunshine
2006
My Own Love Song
2010
The Impostors
1998
Feel the Beat
2020
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
Praise This
2023
Butter
2012
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964