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Little Miss Sunshine
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| Part No: | B000K7VHQE |
| Manufacturer: | 20th Century Fox |
| MFG Part: | FOXD2240339D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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Pile together a blue-ribbon cast, a screenplay high in quirkiness, and the Sundance stamp of approval, and you've got yourself a crossover indie hit. That formula worked for
Little Miss Sunshine, a frequently hilarious study of family dysfunction. Meet the Hoovers, an Albuquerque clan riddled with depression, hostility, and the tattered remnants of the American Dream; despite their flakiness, they manage to pile into a VW van for a weekend trek to L.A. in order to get moppet daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin) into the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Much of the pleasure of this journey comes from watching some skillful comic actors doing their thing: Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette as the parents (he's hoping to become a self-help authority), Alan Arkin as a grandfather all too willing to give uproariously inappropriate advice to a sullen teenage grandson (Paul Dano), and a subdued Steve Carell as a jilted gay professor on the verge of suicide. The film is a crowd-pleaser, and if anything is a little too eager to bend itself in the direction of quirk-loving Sundance audiences; it can feel forced. But the breezy momentum and the ingenious actors help push the material over any bumps in the road.--
Robert Horton
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A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their vw bus. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 02/05/2008 Starring: Greg Kinnear Alan Arkin Run time: 101 minutes Rating: R
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| What a wonderful comedy ! An american coemedy, piece of a true culture, your culture. Exceptionnal. The words lack me to describe the truth of such a film. In such films, the American culture expresses its originality. I am looking forward to viewing other films of such quality and thank the persons who would give me advice. |
| Don't waste your time | 2009-01-04 | 1 / 5 |
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| A pathetic excuse for entertainment. I was embarrassed for all of them as actors (the little girl was cute though, and it was not her fault that her parents let her work in a movie like that). There was a lot of profanity for a family theme. I thought it was going to be a good movie, but I was terribly wrong. |
| Trash Marketed as a Fun Comedy | 2008-12-29 | 1 / 5 |
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| I don't know if I'm more grieved or outraged by this film; grieved that this is the kind of film choice that's out there when you want a fun, sit-back-and-enjoy movie to relax with, but especially grieved that this film has received so many accolades, a true reflection of how low we have sunk as a society. Where has our human dignity gone? I'm outraged that this film is marketed as a fun, bright (just look at the DVD jacket), family film-despite its R rating-but is packed with such dark topics, as suicide, pornography, illegal drugs, and topped off with more than a smattering of profanity. Also, the movie exploits the "Little Miss Sunshine" of the film, a delightful ten-year-old girl (give or take a year or two) who innocently performs a strip-tease (at least she remains decently dressed throughout), which she dedicates to her grandfather because he taught it to her. Oh, did I mention that by this part of the film the grandfather is dead from a cocaine overdose and is stashed in the trunk of the family car? Fortunately though, before the grandfather dies, he has the opportunity to leave his grandson (Li'l Sunshine's brother) with a bit a worldly wisdom: get lots of sex from as many young girls as you can before you get too old. Yep, great "heartwarming" family entertainment! This movie is like The Emperor's New Clothes; all the "importants" like Ebert and Sundance film critics have said how wonderful it is, yet in reality it's trash. |
| dvd review | 2008-12-24 | 5 / 5 |
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| I love this movie. I have recommended Little Miss Sunshine to every person I know. You will see your own family in this dramatic comedy. Steve Carell and Abigail Breslin---AWESOME--as well as the rest of the cast. |
| Modern Hollywood can't make a 5 star comedy - UNTIL NOW | 2008-12-22 | 5 / 5 |
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I thought it couldn't be done. This is not the era of Lloyd, or Fields or Laurel and Hardy. It's not the era of Capra or Preston. 99% of modern comedies suck badly, and or are mean spirited.
But miracle of miracles, someone current, finally made an hilarious movie with a heart as big as "You Can't Take it With You!"
Credit here goes not to the very good cast but stunningly to the writer/directors: Michael Arndt - Screenwriter, co directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris.
Brilliant, and wise. Not just a movie about dysfunctional, it's a movie where looser are shown to be the winners they really are, just for surviving, like all of us. Not a moment of saccharine either. It sharp and intelligent.
Beautiful, beautiful movie from beginning to end, and what an ending! |
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