Family fun

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2012)

Abigail Breslin is a natural actress with a screen charisma who radiates a wholesomeness that affects everyone around her. In a world filled with cynical adults, seven year old Olive(Breslin), convinces her family to take a long road trip in their VW mini bus on a long journey to a little miss sunshine contest.
We then meet the eccentric relatives including Olive's gay uncle Frank, a gay scholar specializing in Proust. Frank's recent suicide attempt has him living with the family. Olive's best friend is her grandfather Edwin(Alan Arkin) who has been evicted from a senior's home for drug use and cannot stop cursing. Her brother has decided to stop speaking completely and remains silent on the drive.
Olive never gives up on her dream to compete in the beauty contest and the traveling family turns into a warped Disney version of "on the road." Little Miss Sunshine is funny, sentimental, and a beautiful family film which is, in spite of some bad language, mostly by Alan Arkin's character, suitable for kids of all ages and their parents' too,