Jan 20 2007
Favourite Movies of 2006 - #5
Little Miss Sunshine - A thoroughly enjoyable movie about a dysfunctional family that travels across the country in a VW bus. Such well-realized characters that it’s a pleasure to watch them act off one another.
There’s an uncle recovering from a suicide attempt who’s just moved in with the family. There’s a belligerent but lovable grandfather living in the basement. There’s an adolescent son full of existential angst who’s sworn a vow of silence. There’s a father trying to redefine himself as a motivational speaker. There’s the mother trying to stay calm in the midst of all this. And there’s a sweet little daughter who just got accepted into a beauty contest.
It’s touching, it’s funny, it’s real and ridiculous, and it feels good.
