Little Miss Sunshine : a film that talks of things,actions and gestures which make a family happy.

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2008)

Little Miss Sunshine is one of those rare films like Ratatouille, Spiderman and Stuart Little which can be enjoyed with family members especially young children.It is an honest film which never intends to be a masterpiece as it has its own shortcomings and positive facets. Although it is a film about a beauty contest for young children,we learn a great lesson of humility.We are taught that it is not the exterior beauty which is more elegant but the beauty of the heart.For Little Miss Sunshine,a team of music clip directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris decided to show a dysfunctional family.There are many funny laughs in this film but it is not clear whether a dysfunctional family has been shown in order to gain viewers' sympathies.We also see that parents put everything at stake in order to get success for their kids.Toni Collette is nice as the mother of two kids.This is her best role till date after mesmerizing performance in Muriel's Wedding directed by P.J.Hogan.A good film which informs us all about the importance of family life.