Little Miss Sunshine (DVD)

Synopsis Little Miss Sunshine is a satirical and deeply human American road comedy. The film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, transformation and a moving look at the surprising rewards of being losers in a winning-crazed culture. The film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all. Plot Meet the Hoovers a family from Albuquerque. Sheryl Hoover is married to Richard they a daughter, Olive and Sheryl also has a ...  Read the complete review

"This startling and irresistible dark comedy counts as one of the very best films of the year..." Just one critics response to the fantastic and imaginative film that is Little Miss Sunshine. Little Miss Sunshine is an Academy Award-winning dramatic comedy film about a family's road trip to a children's beauty pageant. The film starred the cute Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, the gorgeous Toni Collette, and Steve Carell. The film's screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. Filming occurred over thirty days in Arizona and Southern California in the summer of 2005. A large portion of the ...  Read the complete review

I watched this movie at the cinema when it went out the first time and have recently rewatched on DVD. Olive is not the typical girls you would expect to find at a beauty contest, but for some strange reason, she makes it to the finals of Miss Sunshine. Her family, and I should stress, a very disfunctional indeed, embarks on a journey to accompany her from their home in Albuquerque. What a nice bunch of people they are! Dad is obsessed with making it, and he always fails, mum is the one who brings money home, and grandpa is a bit nutty. You have Olive's brother too, who does not speak, and to make things better, an oncle who has just recovered from ...  Read the complete review

There was a lot of hype about this movie before i actually watched it, t be fair i wasnt disappointed. The family are all starnge in their own way but come together when it matters, yes it does sound like a typical Hollywood film, but this film is not. the characters are entertaining, enjoybale and very likeable, we could relate to them and understand them. the direction of the film was very good and the length of the film was also just right. It was funny, loving and all round charming film, didnt take itself too serious and was very light hearted. I enjoyed the performance of the little girl ( Abigail), very good, there was th part of the dance of what her ...  Read the complete review

The Hoover family are just your average dysfunctional family, there's Mum of two Sheryl (Toni Collette) who not only finds herself looking after her two children but also her Father in law and Brother. Her husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) is a failing motivational speaker and is set on making his daughter follow his strict rules concerning winners and losers, his Father Edwin (Alan Arkin) is a foul mouthed OAP who's recently been kicked out of a retirement home for snorting cocaine. Sheryl's emotionally troubled Brother Frank (Steve Carrel) has recently come back from a failed suicide attempt and is not allowed to be left alone, therefore goes to stay with his sister and ...  Read the complete review