Little Miss Sunshine – reviewed by Danny Munoz
Think your family is dysfunctional? Think again. Little Miss Sunshine deals with a family that has more issues than the Spiderman Comics. The movie starts off with Frank (Steve Carell) in the hospital for attempting to commit suicide. His sister Sheryl (Toni Collette) goes to pick him up to take him home with her so she can watch over him. Richard (Greg Kinnear) is a motivational speaker that tries his best to get a book deal, however his lack to motivate makes it difficult to break the deal.
When Sheryl gets home with Frank, she tells him that he will be staying with her son Dwayne (Paul Dano) so he can watch him at night. Dwayne took a vow of silence to reach a goal of his that he’s dreamt about for so long. Richard’s and Sheryl’s daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin) dreams to one day win a beauty pageant so much that her coach is Grandpa (Alan Arkin). Olive entered the regional Little Miss Sunshine Pageant while visiting Sheryl’s sister, only to win runner-up. A few months later, the winner got disqualified, so Olive was able to go to the National Little Miss Sunshine pageant in California. So the family must drop everything they had planned to see if Olive can make her dream come true.
This movie has so much drama, yet it is very hilarious. The situations that these people are put in are so ridiculous you’d think that the whole family walked under a ladder, broke mirrors, or walked by a black cat because they have such bad luck. However, with every situation that they faced, they must overcome it together, even if they don’t like each other, the love is still there. Though there are some tear jerking moments, this movie got my seal of approval. This is one you should not miss!
