One of the best film's this year,

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2006)

Little Miss Sunshine, is an enjoyable, tragic-black comedy come road movie,that is laced with hilarious moment's, The film's premise is simple, Little olive(the Little Miss Sunshine of the title) who is superbly played by Abagail Breslin,(move over Dakota Fanning! aspire's to take part in the annual sunshine beauty pageant,
Olive's mother is played by the ever superb typecast, Toni Collette, who has her fair share of trouble to contend with,
Her husband played by Greg Kinnear, is a motivational speaker who is eager to make an important business deal with his partner, Kinnear's father played by That ever fine actor Alan Arkin, is 'Granpa' who is thrown out of his rest home for smoking heroin!
Olive's brother Kirby, a Nietsche reading Air Force Pilot wannabe, who has hilariously taken a vow of silence in order discipline himself,
And Steve Carell, play's Collette's Gay brother, who has unsuccessfully tried to commit suicide, and also goes along for the ride, Little Miss Sunshine, has great comic moment's from the dysfunctional family,particularly from Alan Arkin( expect some classic Arkin-isms!
It's refreshing to see a quality film, particularly when there's nothing but choice cinematic turkey's out there(Little Man comes to mind)