Funny with a good storyline and good performances

Rating: 9/10 (12 August 2007)

Rated R for language, some sex and drug content. Quebec Rating:G Canadian Home Video Rating:14A
I saw Little Miss Sunshine yesterday on the movie network.I found it to be very funny.But its more than just your average road-trip comedy.This movie has good performances and some dramatic scenes as well.There are plenty of funny scenes and Alan Arkin who plays the old heroin-addicted grandfather is hilarious at times.The film is about a dysfunctional family.They have a little girl who wants to be in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant.Her and the mother are the most normal people in the family.The father gives seminars on winners and losers and how to become a winner.These members are somewhat normal.However, the grandpa is a heroin addict who uses strong profanity.He however trains the little girl for the Little Miss Sunshine pageant.The son Dwayne refuses to talk until he gets his pilot's license and he seems to hate everything.There is also the uncle played by Steve Carell who is a gay proust scholar who attempted suicide.The family all drive to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant while getting into many funny and sad misadventures on the way.Little Miss Sunshine is a fairly funny and entertaining film and I recommend it.