Sweet and heart warming comedy that just about anyone can enjoy

Rating: 8/10 (17 October 2009)

I didn't get what I was expecting out of this film but what I got was a enjoyable road movie. It's basically about trying to take Olive Hoover played by Abigail Breslin to a Little Miss Sunshine pageant and the scenes to get there was very fun with it's smart jokes and witty dialogue. The actors that stood out the most was Steve Carell who was great in his role and fit perfectly and Paul Dano who usually just comes off as being depressing was actually quite entertaining to watch, even though he was throwing a lot of hissy fit. There is no big plot twist but what you do get is some stuff you won't expect and will have a lot of fun with it. At first when the film started I thought I was just in for another indie comedy, but it was so much more than that with elaborate ways the characters get closer with one another and the comedy is also a bit dark which works just fine and never turns from it message. It was like a excellent comedy about the little engine that could.
8.5/10