Sort of like a painful reworking of "Vacation" and almost the entire family is awful....

Rating: 8/10 (16 August 2015)

If you thought that the movie "Vacation" had a lot of moments that embarrassed you and made your skin crawl, then are you in for it if you watch "Little Miss Sunshine"--especially the ultra-bizarro ending! It features a god-awful family on their bizarre trek from New Mexico to a children's beauty pageant in California--and practically everything that could go wrong goes wrong. There's the brother they must bring along because he's just attempted suicide and cannot be left alone, there's the elective mute teenager who hates EVERYTHING, there's the surly and perverse grandpa, a father who does nothing but spout catch-phrases from his worthless self-help lectures and a completely inept mother. The only one you don't hate is the adorable little girl...and she seems like the most normal one among them! So what's going to happen? See this twisted film and find out for yourself.
This is a movie that you're likely to love or hate--depending on what your tolerance is for painful comedy. It is not the sort of film that is subtle or for the easily offended--and has some amazingly adult language and VERY strange situations. But, if you have a high tolerance, it is worth seeing. Not brilliant and a bit like "Vacation" if it was written by John Waters!