Little Miss Sunshine
I saw an absolutely hilarious movie last night – Little Miss Sunshine. Funniest movie I’ve seen in some time. It wasn’t one of those movies where you’d chuckle to yourself, but a movie where the whole audience laughed out loud and clapped at the funny moments.
Olive is a little girl with a dream: winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so burdened with their own quirks, neuroses, and problems that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive’s father Richard is a flop as a motivational speaker, and is barely on speaking terms with her mother. Her uncle Frank, a renowned Proust scholar, has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence, which allows him to escape somewhat from the family whose very presence torments him. And Olive’s grandfather is a ne’er-do-well with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in far off California.
The downside of the movie was the language. If they could have gotten rid of the constant use of the F-word, I think it would have been better, but it was still hilarious.
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never flown?! that blows me away! typo in the 'caliper'. 
i’m glad you got to come to the movie with us! that was definitely a great time.
LMS rocked. Just like you dude.
Chris – you’ve GOT to be kidding. I tried so hard to like this movie. Even the constant use of the F word was tolerable up to a point. BUT the consistently dark and lowbrow moral tone just got to me. From the grandfather’s sexual advice to his grandson and the closing strip tease routine by the kid — this movie just wore me down. Yuck!
I’m not saying I agree or condone aspects of the movie, I just thought it was funny. And for me, it wasn’t the blatant comedy, but the little funny moments here and there that had me laughing more. I really was surprised at many of the things that were in the movie, things that could probably have been modified to be a little more family friendly without sacrificing the humor. It’s definitely not a movie I would recommend for everyone