Can’t get too nostalgic about Miracle on 34th Street? What about Little Women circa ’94? Let’s spark a yule log and enjoy Winona and the girls in all their unmitigated, mid-nineties glory. 
Susan Sarandon presides over the sisters March played by Trini Alvarado, Claire Danes, Samantha Mathis, and a young Kirsten Dunst. Louisa May Alcott purists may quibble with certain literary inaccuracies, but isn’t that always true with adaptations of classics?
Honestly, half of the enjoyment of this movie is luxuriating in the hypnotic 1860′s hair weave action. The mega-manes serve as the attention-seeking fifth sister. Consider a visit to Orchard House once you’ve taken your annual trip to Indiana for A Christmas Story.
Winona Forever Bitches.
Drop Dead Gorgeous is an ahead-of-its time 1999 faux-documentary set in rural Minnesota. Kirsten Dunst, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Brittany Murphy, Amy Adams, and Denise Richards all contribute to the ensemble in this hilarious parody of small town beauty pageants.
Several of these underrated female comics turn in fantastic performances in the vein of The Office years before Michael Scott was on the air.
Denise Richards‘ acting career peaked with Becky Ann Leeman; you will love to hate her as Kirstie Alley’s crown-hungry daughter. 
A thick-accented Kirstie Alley kills as a pushy stage mother and pageant organizer vicariously living through her snotty over-privileged daughter. 