October 15, 2006
I felt like watching a movie this afternoon. So I went to see Little Miss Sunshine.
Completely liked this movie from beginning to end. The family is full of characters. The mom played by Toni Collette is a high strung, working mom who's all about the honesty. The dad played by Greg Kinnear is obsessed with becoming the next big self-help step program inventor. Grandfather's a foul mouthed heroin user played by Alan Arkin. The son has taken a vow of silence, the daughter is all about beauty pagents and Steve Carell's the uncle who's just come out of the hospital. The family learns Olive, the daughter, has won a beauty contest because the original winner was disqualified and now has the opportunity to be in this other pagent. They all get on the family VW bus and drive to California. So many crazy things happen on the way there. It's funny, insane, touching and unbelievable. This family is crazy and the craziness works for them.
Definitely check out this movie if you have the chance.