Best Movie Makeovers
By Hollywood.com Staff
By Hollywood.com Staff
Sometimes a girl just needs an extra boost—a hair trim here, a little makeup there—but there are times when a complete overhaul is necessary. We’ve collected a few of these candidates from some of the classic movie makeovers and highlighted their own particular transformation
| Patience Philips/Catwoman (Halle Berry) in Catwoman (2004) |
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| Frumpy and meek, Patience is a woman who can’t seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. But when Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, her life is changed forever. In a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature with the strength, speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat, balancing on the line between good and evil. AND she looks great in black leather, cracking her nasty whip. | |
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| Hanna Lewis (Anna Faris) in My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) | |
| Lovesick Hanna, sporting her blond do, goes from basic hip-meets-conservative office wear and turns into a brunette-streaked, risqué, mini-skirted H&M-like fashion cutie when she enters into the Super-heroine phase of her existence. It’s a move from “nice” to “naughty.” And don’t think good guy Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson), who has just broken off real super-heroine G-Girl (Uma Thurman), doesn’t take notice. Unfortunately, so does the very jealous G-Girl. | |
| Muriel (Toni Collette) in Muriel’s Wedding (1995) | |
| With a goofy smile and over-teased hair, big, dumpy Muriel has always been made fun of by the snotty girls in Porpoise Spit, Australia. She still dreams of being the perfect bride someday, though. So when she leaves small town life to move to the big city, she sheds the old Muriel, cuts her hair, and finally gets her wish, becoming the most beautiful bride in Sydney. Too bad she’s only marrying a South African athlete so he can get his Australian citizenship. | |
| Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) in She’s the Man (2006) |
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| Viola is having a hard time. Her mother wants her to learn lady-like etiquette so she can be the belle of the ball at her debutante unveiling, but all the lovely Viola wants to do is play soccer. And when her own prep school won’t let her play, she does what any normal tom-boy would do: She disguises herself as her twin brother, gone MIA, so she can go to his prep school and join the soccer team. Foolproof, right? Sure, until she falls for her hunky roommate. Oops. | |
| Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman) in The Stepford Wives (2004) |
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| Workaholic TV exec Joanna looks sharp in her three-piece suit and stylish pumps. But when she’s fired from her job, she looks like a candidate for electroshock therapy. That’s where the idyllic suburban paradise of Stepford, Connecticut comes in. Joanna moves there to escape from it all, but the stunning and subservient women she meets in Stepford makes her uneasy. Until she becomes one, that is, with long, silky hair, perfect makeup and a pretty frock. Scary. | |
| Tai (Brittany Murphy) in Clueless (1995) | |
| Unfortunately, that’s what Tai is—clueless. The high schooler is sweet, with her own laidback style, but her eyes are opened when the ultra-chic Cher (Alicia Silverstone) shows her just how the other half lives. Taking Tai under her wing, Cher dyes Tai’s hair, organizes a hip new wardrobe, and sends the new and improved Tai into the world of the oh-so-popular ones. Maybe Cher has created a monster—or maybe Tai has a few more surprises up her sleeve. | |
| Mia (Anne Hathaway) in The Princess Diaries (2001) |
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When 15 year-old Mia discovers her father is the Prince of Genovia and she is the sole heir to the throne, big changes are afoot. Under the careful guidance of her stern grandmother, the Queen (Julie Andrews), Mia must suffer through the indignity of princess lessons—as well as a complete makeover, including having her thick eyebrows tweaked, her unruly hair tamed and her glasses thrown away for contacts. But does that make her princess material? Not quite. - Advertisement -
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| Vivian (Julia Roberts) in Pretty Woman (1990) | |
| OK maybe Vivian, the hooker with a heart of gold, isn’t in need of a complete makeover. She’s pretty much a knockout from the beginning. Still, you’d be amazed at what a little wardrobe change can do. With the help of her new, er, benefactor, Vivian gets rid of the skanky mini-dress, thigh-high black boots and blonde wig for elegant threads, fabulous jewelry and trendy shoes, letting her natural lustrous brown locks flow. Quite a pretty picture indeed. | |
| Laney (Rachael Leigh Cook) in She’s All That (1999) | |
| In this My Fair Lady update, reigning high school stud Zack is dumped by his perfect girlfriend, so he figures he can turn any other girl into his own prom queen. Enter Laney, a geeky non-conformist who wears glasses and spends her days painting in her basement in overalls. How gauche! Laney has no time for Zack, but he persists, eventually transforming her into a real beauty. But all the makeup won’t change who Laney is—and that’s why Zack falls hard for her. | |
| Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) in Grease (1978) | |
| All the sweet little Gidget wannabe knows is that she fell in love with the cutest boy over the summer and on her first day at a new school, he turns out to be a big phony, a greaser instead. Danny seems willing to change to make it work between them. But maybe he doesn’t have to. With the Pink Ladies’ help, she doffs her Buster Browns and poodle skirt for skin-tight black leather, big teased hair and a cigarette dangling from her lips. She’s definitely the one Danny wants. | |
| Gracie (Sandra Bullock) in Miss Congeniality (2000) |
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| FBI Agent Gracie Hart is one tough cookie. Uncouth and rumpled, she can still beat up almost anyone in the department and has no time to act like a girl. But when she is forced to go undercover as a beauty pageant contestant, she gets the full treatment from beauty expert Michael Caine and emerges a total hottie, walking down the runway in a snug-fitting dress and three-inch heels. Then she trips and falls flat on her face. Some things you can’t change. | |
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