The best movie I've seen this year.

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2006)

An excellent satire on the whole child beauty pageant scene and a spot-on portrayal of a dysfunctional family much like mine and perhaps yours. Arguing parents, a suicidal uncle, elective-mute brother. We all have them don't we? And somehow 6 year old Olive will grow up to be infinitely better adjusted than all the made-up bimbos to which she aspires.
This movie starts off depressing and as catastrophe follows catastrophe becomes more darker still. Yet somehow by the end it left me with an inexplicable feel-good sensation. It made me laugh out loud which is an unusual occurrence. Maybe it will do the same for you.