An excellent film, touching and funny

Rating: 10/10 (11 September 2006)

This movie is definitely going on my all-time ten best list. It has so many funny and true-to-live scenes, as well as touching and life-affirming moments. There are those consoling scenes, like where Olive (Abigail Breslin)consoles her brother by putting her head on his shoulder, or where the grandfather (Alan Arkin) consoles his (supposedly) positive-thinking son who has just had his whole world pulled out from under him. Then there is the great and touching scene where Olive asks her grandfather "Am I pretty?" and his loving reply.
There are also great comedic moments, such as at the beginning where the grandfather is cussing about having the f***ing chicken all the time, and also where he counsels Dwayne (Paul Dano) to (make love to) lots of women, "not just one." And of course, there is the penultimate comedy scene, Olive's dance at the end.
I always put a spoiler alert in my reviews, whether there is a spoiler or not, because I am so afraid of being black-listed by IMDb! But there might be a "slight" spoiler here.
The family seems so true to life and yet so funny! I loved this movie!!