Not Even For Free!

Rating: 1/10 (15 February 2007)

I'm the kind of person who likes all kinds of movies. Campy films such as Plan 9 From Outer Space to the recent Illusionist, which was an excellent film by any standard.
I recently saw Little Miss Sunshine. Thankfully I didn't have to shell out any money to do so.
My motivation for writing this 'review' comes from me noticing that this flick has been nominated for several awards. To put it mildly, I was dumbstruck to hear that this film received any positive attention from any quarter.
This film is about a dysfunctional family who's DAD is trying to make his idea into a reality. His idea is basically.. stupid. He fails, the family fails, the rent is due and you get all the angst that goes with it. At the same time you get the angst of the pre teen daughter wanting to be accepted as a dancer and all the boo hoo that seems to kibosh that idea because there's not going to be any money.
The pace of this film is like moose crap in a Vermont winter. The acting is phoned in. There's never a hook into the characters that really makes you want to see more. It becomes depressing even though you can see that isn't the intent.
The ONLY good thing about this flick is the last 5 minutes. The little girl gets to be in her dance contest, she comes on stage last, behind all the other girls that do what all little girls do at dance contests, and her dance is that of an obscene stripper. Now that was funny!
To get to the last 5 minutes isn't worth it by any stretch of the imagination! Especially if you PAID to see this awful thing.
For this movie to get any kind of award simply showcases the vapidness of Hollywood today. This is a boring sleeper that isn't worth 5 Cents in Mexican Money to go see.