And the point is................

Rating: 7/10 (14 April 2007)

Wifey got this as a birthday gift and was really keen for me to see it.
"Little Miss Sunshine" follows a family entering their daughter into a kids beauty pageant. Olive (the girl) has been working on her routine for ages and is overcome with excitement when she's invited to enter the Little Miss Sunshine event at the last minute. The family, consisting of mum and dad, grandpa, brother and uncle get into the family VW and trek hundreds of miles to get to the event. It's here where we learn a lot about the characters and their life situation. The dad (Kinnear) is hoping his book deal will come through during the trip. The brother doesn't wanna be there and isn't much value as he's taken a vow of silence until he becomes a pilot. The uncle has just returned from a suicide attempt and is looking for his next move. Grandpa is into drugs and women.
It's a nice story, dealing with the issues of a dysfunctional family, thrown into the dysfunctional world of beauty pageants. Some food for thought, but hard to say what the over riding message was. I guess it's for us to figure out. Pretty good though,with some funny moments. A strong cast,especially Steve Carrell as the uncle.