A brilliant little movie that has to be seen!

Rating: 9/10 (18 October 2006)

I went to this movie with fairly high expectations, and I wasn't disappointed. Firstly, the acting was superb. The characters were fantastic (if a little clichéd at times), Carrel especially. Performances were outstanding all around. This movie is about a dysfunctional family making a frantic road trip across the country to get their daughter to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. The dynamic works because the director somehow manages to combine many elements and mini story lines into the plot, from the grandfather's death to Dwayne's sudden realization he is colourblind, everything gels together nicely. The audience never went 10 minutes without a huge outburst of laughter in the screening I attended, and I have found few people who disliked it. A class act all around