What are you still doing here?!? Go see the movie!

Rating: 10/10 (18 October 2006)

I saw this with my mate three weeks ago and we're still both trying to get over how good it is! "Everybody, pretend to be normal" has become part of our everyday dialogue along with "He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!" and "Can someone toss me a fricken' bone here?!?"
The main plot is that the family set off in their big yellow kombi from New Mexico to California so their daughter can be in the Little Miss Sunshine Pageant. Sounds harmless, doesn't it? Except that this family is off the wall: Dad is a motivational speaker, Mum is trying to keep them all from killing each other, older brother is border-line emo who chooses not to speak, little sister is just oblivious to the insanity of her family life, Uncle is a suicidal gay scholar and Grandpa is a druggie.
The story is just sooooo good. You'll laugh with these characters, you'll cry with these characters (beautiful bit when little Olive, who's not on the thin side by the way, asks her grandfather "Am I pretty?"), you'll get ticked off with these characters and you'll celebrate with these characters. The cast is also absolutely brilliant. In the morning before I saw this movie, I'd seen Paul Dano (brother, Dwayne) spit in burgers and Greg Kinnear (Dad) nearly vomit in 'Fast Food Nation'. My personal favourite, though, was Steve Carell, the uncle. Whouda thunk the 40-year-old virgin would get so bummed out? The dude deserves an Oscar!!!
Anyvay, if you haven't seen the movie, why are you wasting your time reading my ramblings? GO SEE IT NOW!!! It will make you a better person, I swear!