Little Miss Sunshine Reviews

It had been quite a while since I had watched a movie and had fallen in love with everything about it.  Even films I thought were worthy of 5 stars weren't quite perfect.  In fact,  before I viewed Little Miss Sunshine last summer, I'd say the last movie to truly grab me was 2000's Almost Famous, and if you've seen Almost Famous and know me at all, that's for obvious reasons.

The film follows the Hoover family as they trek from New Mexico to California so that the youngest of the clan, Olive (Abigail Breslin), can compete in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant.  But this isn't your normal everyday...

I must say that ... after seeing numerous coming-attraction trailers and hearing much ecstatic praise about this film, I was prepared not to like it.  I figured it was another cute-kid vehicle.  In other words, I was a "hard sell." 

To make a long story short, I have now revisited this movie at least five times and every time I have seen some other thing to appreciate.  This is a wonderful movie and everybody did a fantastic job.  It was one of those films where all the supporting characters (even the incidental ones who played people the family met along the way or at the hospital or beauty...

I liked the way this film was made.  Each of the characters had personal flaws that doomed them, but collectively they pulled each other up.  I liked how Greg Kinnear's character had a plan and a strategy, but no vision.  Every tme I see an ad for a motivational speaker, I wonder how many others are out the that couldn't afford the marketing.

 I liked how Grandpa was given the task of helping Olive prepare her 'talent', yet no one bothered to check it or see it ahead of time.

The moment with Miss California gave Olive the touch of reality that she needed.  I wonder if anyone else recognized...

I think this is one of the cutest movies I've watched in a long time.  At first the movie seemed depressing and a little over the top.  But I stuck through it and I'm glad I did!!  This movie made me laugh and cry!

The story is really cute, and in a way sort of an eye-opener.  Not at all what I expected the movie to be.

I recommend this movie to anyone who needs a good laugh, or a good cry!

I had my doubts before watching this movie.  I figure it would be one of those, "b" rated movies.  However, my attitude changed after the first 30 minutes of the movie.  I hate to give a movie away so I won't talk about it because I don't think I could explain this movies wihout giving big parts away.  But if your like me and you're not into the "stupid funny" movies then this is the movie for you.  It turned out to be one of the strangest but funniest movies I have seen in a while.  The cast was excellent and play each roll perfectly.  You won't be dissappointed.  I don't think this movies...

This was not an easy movie to watch.  Characters were written so well that their flaws and eccentricities were laid bare on the screen.  Olive, the central figure was a 'not so beautiful' little girl who wanted to be Little Miss Sunshine and this was the story about how her family got her there.  The grandfather, Alan Alda played such an outrageously funny role, totally supportive of Olive, but so outrageous in nature.  The brother who came out of himself to try to keep his sister safe from the heckling she would undoubtedly get from these 'beauty queens".

Greg Kinear plays such a delightful...