Little Miss Sunshine | Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear | dropped from celluloid heaven indeed !!!

Little Miss Sunshine | Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear | Loved this movie

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Little Miss Sunshine

	Little Miss Sunshine Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear 20th Century Fox, 2006 average customer review:based on 513 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

dropped from celluloid heaven indeed !!!

Little Miss Sunshine is one of those bittersweet comedies that catches your attention right away and holds your attention quite well. The acting is very convincing and the plot moves along at a good pace.

The movie tells the story of a particularly dysfunctional family on a mission: Their little girl, Olive (Abigail Breslin) has been chosen to be a finalist in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty/talent contest. Her parents, Richard and Sheryl Hoover (Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette) decide to indulge their daughter and take her to the show. Along for the ride, both literally and figuratively, are Sheryl's suicidal brother Frank (Steve Carell) and Richard's father Edwin (Alan Arkin). Look also for Olive's older brother Dwayne (Paul Dano), who refuses to talk because he loves Nietzsche.

Things aren't easy for the Hoover family. Richard's motivational "nine step" program won't sell and the family is losing practically all their money in the process; and Richard's father does heroin when nobody's looking just to get through the day. Dwayne wants to fly jets even after he discovers that he's colorblind; and Frank wallows in a type of self-pity depression because his male lover left him and he wasn't awarded the number one Proust scholar in the nation.

Of all the characters, however, little Olive holds out the most hope. She's nervous but she really thinks she just might win the talent contest and be crowned Little Miss Sunshine.

Will Olive be crowned Little Miss Sunshine? What happens after their ancient, rapidly decaying VW bus gets a broken clutch and a broken horn? Will they get to the contest in time? Will they all get there in the first place? Watch the movie and find out!

The cinematography is rather fine; I liked the scenes of the countryside as they traveled in their VW bus; and the scenes of the talent/beauty contest reflect good judgment. The choreography shines through in scenes where the little girls all compete for the title of Little Miss Sunshine.

The DVD comes with a commentary by the directors and there is another commentary with both the screenwriter and the directors. There are four deleted ending scenes that also have optional commentary. In addition, one side of the DVD presents the movie in widescreen while the other side of the DVD presents the movie in full screen format. Impressive for a single DVD release!

Overall, Little Miss Sunshine is fantastic entertainment. Funny at times, sad at times, the film never loses its focus. Some people may say that it tries too hard to please but I didn't pick up on that; I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. The movie is rated R so I would caution parents not to let young children watch this movie.

Great job, everyone!

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Loved this movie

Defines what a family should be. You can all be different, you chose your friends not your family. Life happens, remember the people silently supporting you may not be the ones you think are there.

Watch the movie more for the characterization

There are some movies you watch because it gets great review, and you really expect you're in for one of those powerful, awe-inspiring movies. You expect to come out of the theater with the warm and fuzzy feeling. Instead, I left the theater a bit depressed, and were it not for the strong characterizations and amazing actors, I probably would have rated this movie a lot lower.

Of course Abigail Breslin was wonderful, and I'm sure, will prove to be a very powerful actress as she grows. I wasn't so impressed with Steve Carrell or Greg Kinnear as some of the jokes quickly grew stale, and the dialogue was delivered in a less than intriguing manner.

However, even with the ending being a bit too contrived, the movie is a character-driven story with some strong acting coming from the two youngest actors in the movie.

Perhaps worth a rental, but it's not one I'd keep on my personal movie shelf.

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