
In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and emotionally bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual, an expert in Proust. He 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. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he ... (Full plot summary below)
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In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and emotionally bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual, an expert in Proust. He 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. Sheryl's husband Richard 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. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders (Sunset Manor) and is addicted in heroin. When her seven-year-old daughter Olive 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 to make a dream come true.
Leave your thoughts about Little Miss Sunshine.
| Village VoiceDennis LimThe destination is a pageant that will demonstrate, in grotesque, stomach-churning detail, that beauty is skin-deep and that you don't have to win to be a winner. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashSomeone once said that comedy is a tragedy that happens to someone else and this movie demonstrates that theory to perfection. |
| Movies.comDave WhiteThis is the coolest, smartest, funniest movie I've seen so far this year. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldCo-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris have pulled off the essential ingredient for this kind of film: a cast that believably creates a family. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA very funny and touching family drama about the wisdom that often comes not with success but with failure. |
| WaffleMovies.comWillie WaffleOne of those rare movies that brilliantly mixes laughter and heartache to engross you in every obstacle the characters face. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxWhat makes husband-and-wife directing team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' hilarious debut such a great family film isn't that it's suitable for the whole family (it's not), but that it speaks a simple truth about what it means to be part of one. |
| Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoAs ambitious, honest and subversive as any American movie since "Election." |
| Baltimore SunMichael SragowYou won't see a brighter, truer affirmation of the All-American messed-up improvisational family than Little Miss Sunshine. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanLike Garden State or Sideways, the film uses comedy to find the content in the lives of its characters. Little Miss Sunshine is funny, touching, and unexpectedly inspiring. |