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Little Miss Sunshine was one of those films that everyone but me seemed to have seen, and so I decided it was on my list of films to see. It sounded quite good as I had heard really good things about it and thought the fact it had been nominated for Oscars really made it appeal much more. So when a friend offered to lend me it after I spotted it in their DVD collection I did of course say yes.
Its a quirky American comedy, with a plot that hasn’t really been done before and is so original. When you think of films about beauty pageants, you might think glamorous women in swimsuit competitions talking about how they want world peace. You might think Miss Congeniality. Well, this is definitely not either of them. It follows the story of a dysfunctional family as they try to make the trip to the little miss sunshine beauty pageant, with a lot of mishaps along the way, most of which no one was expecting. However, when I say dysfunctional they really are dysfunctional with each one having some strange quirk, except for Sheryl, the overworked mother who holds everything together. The rest of the Hoover family consists of Olive, Edwin, Frank, Dwayne and Richard. Frank is Sheryl’s gay brother, who moves in with the family after a failed suicide attempt over a lover leaving him for someone else. Olive is the star of the film, who is trying to win the Little Miss Sunshine pageant as the unlikely contestant. Richard is the father who just wants a break, and has been trying to get his self help business of the ground for years. Dwayne is Sheryl’s troubled teenage son from a previous marriage who is undertaking a vow of silence until he achieves his dream to become a pilot. Edwin is the unconventional grandfather, who was kicked out of his retirement home because of his heroin problem.
The cast in the film is a real strong point, and I will be looking out for them in future films. Frank is played by Steve Carell who is in films such as Get Smart and Evan Almighty. Edwin is played by Alan Arkin, someone who was in many films although I hadn’t heard of him before watching this film but he is known for being in Edward Scissorhands. Olive is played by Abigail Breslin, it was her first major role and she is going to be starring in My Sisters Keeper soon. Dwayne is played by Paul Dano, another actor I haven’t heard of but he has been in There Will Be Blood and Too Young to be a Father. Richard is played by Greg Kinnear, he has also starred in Baby Mama one of my favourite films. Sheryl is played by Toni Colette who has also been in films such as In Her Shoes and About A Boy.
It was one of the best received films of the year, being nominated for various Oscars and other prestigious awards along with its cast. It wasn’t tipped to be that big, until Fox picked it up at the Sundance film festival, giving them one of the biggest deals in the history of the festival. Not only did it have a great critical reception, but loads of people went to see it and made a really high box office gross.
In my opinion, it was watchable and it had a great cast but it just didn’t really seem to flow together that well, and it seemed like you were always waiting for something to happen. It seemed like it was really overhyped, and I didn’t think it really deserved all the praise that was heaped on it. However, this is probably just my personal taste and other people might love it as I normally prefer watching chick flicks, and this wasn’t the sort of thing I would normally watch.
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Take a hilarious ride with the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families in ... more
comedy history.Father Richard (Greg Kinnear) is desperately trying to sell his motivational success programme... with no success. Meanwhile, pro-honesty mom Shery...
Advantages: Lovely bizarre road movie, perfectly balancing family dilemma and humour Disadvantages: Can seem slow and, sometimes, a little over the top
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