Two best friends embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.
Acting
Raphael and Wilson commit to the bit with terrifying conviction
Writing
Script they actually wrote together—friendship warped into art
Director
Chris Nelson
June Diane Raphael
Kate
Casey Wilson
Chloe
Vincent D'Onofrio
Bruce
Alicia Silverstone
Laurel
Jon Cryer
Dean Morris
Brian Geraghty
Brian
Bob Odenkirk
Pageant MC
Paul Scheer
Strip Club Owner
Sandy Martin
Qwen
Lea DeLaria
Deb
Drew Droege
Homeless Norma
Paul Rust
Seth
Ursula Parker
Little Chloe
Valentina de Angelis
Spring Break Girl 1
Taylor Black
Spring Break Girl 2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Raphael and Wilson met at Upright Citizens Brigade and wrote this during their actual broke-actor years, borrowing from their own dumpster-fire lives.
This bombed at Sundance 2013 but became a secret sleepover classic for millennial women who recognized their own toxic best friendship in Kate and Chloe's codependent spiral.
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