Title (Brazil): "Pequena Miss Sunshine" ("Little Miss Sunshine") There are great scenes provoked by the situation of their van with a broken clutch in this entertaining film. His lines are simply excellent (I loved "- Sarcasm is the refugee of the losers, trying to put the winners down."). Greg Kinnear is amazing in the role of a man that does not walk the way he talks and ironically tries to sell a procedure to become what he is not able to reach: successful. "Little Miss Sunshine" is a delightful comedy, supported by an original story about losers in the essence of the word, and alternating hilarious and dramatic situations. When her seven years old daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin) has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi), in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and make a dream come true. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin (Alan Arkin) was sent away from the institution for elders Sunset Manor and is addicted in heroin.
Her son Dwayne (Paul Dano) has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Sheryl's husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Frank is homosexual and expert in Proust, and tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as number one in the field of Proust. In Albuquerque, the housewife Sheryl Hoover (Toni Collette) brings her suicidal brother Frank (Steve Carell) to the breast of her dysfunctional and bankrupted family.
These themes about families have been touched on other films but Little Miss Sunshine is more successful. This is highlighted in the beauty contest when Olive's performance turns out to be a little too daring and the others join in. Although they are dysfunctional and there may be occasional conflicts, they are there for each other and work together to pull through. The ensemble cast really bring the characters to life and bounce off each other. The screenplay won an Oscar and after nominations stretching back several decades, Alan Arkin won the best supporting actor Oscar. Along the way they encounter mishaps, tragedy but also bond as a family especially when the camper van breaks down and needs to be pushed started each time. The film is essentially a slapstick comedy road drama as they head for California so Olive can enter the Little Miss Sunshine beauty contest. He is close with Olive his 7 year old granddaughter. Richard's father, Edwin (Alan Arkin) is a foul mouthed drug user who is also staying with them after being kicked out of a retirement home. Her 17 year old son Dwayne (Paul Dano) has been on a vow of silence for some months and will remain so until he becomes an air force pilot. Sheryl's husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) wants to be a motivational speaker although he seems to have had no business success on his own accord to be such a speaker. He is temporarily living with the family. Her brother Frank (Steve Carell) is a scholar who is depressive over a failed loved affair with a male student and has tried to commit suicide. Sheryl Hoover (Toni Collette) is an overworked mother of two kids in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is a film about a dysfunctional family with an all star cast but Abigail Breslin as Olive is the centre holding this film together. When American films want to examine itself, it tends to do better as Independent films. Not brilliant and a bit like "Vacation" if it was written by John Waters! But, if you have a high tolerance, it is worth seeing. It is not the sort of film that is subtle or for the easily offended-and has some amazingly adult language and VERY strange situations.
JUNIOR MISS PAGEANT 2001 CONTESTS 9 MOVIE
This is a movie that you're likely to love or hate-depending on what your tolerance is for painful comedy. The only one you don't hate is the adorable little girl.and she seems like the most normal one among them! So what's going to happen? See this twisted film and find out for yourself. There's the brother they must bring along because he's just attempted suicide and cannot be left alone, there's the elective mute teenager who hates EVERYTHING, there's the surly and perverse grandpa, a father who does nothing but spout catch-phrases from his worthless self-help lectures and a completely inept mother.
JUNIOR MISS PAGEANT 2001 CONTESTS 9 SKIN
If you thought that the movie "Vacation" had a lot of moments that embarrassed you and made your skin crawl, then are you in for it if you watch "Little Miss Sunshine"-especially the ultra-bizarro ending! It features a god-awful family on their bizarre trek from New Mexico to a children's beauty pageant in California-and practically everything that could go wrong goes wrong.
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