blech

Rating: 3/10 (23 January 2007)

Overrated, clichÃ©d and irritatingly phony and contrived attempt at 'indie edgy', redeemed only by the quality of its cast. Horny, foulmouthed oldster and sullen, nihilist teenager? Wow, that's sure some cutting-edge stuff there, though it's such a relief that the little girl always has headphones on when grampa starts throwing f-bombs. The suicidal brother who's a Proust scholar and gay because...well, no good reason really, it's just FUNNIER that way. A cop who misses the body in the trunk because, well, no good reason really, he's just more into the porn mags he finds there. And oh, man, that scene where he Dad drives a van on the sidewalk!! Move over Mr. Keaton, this is slapstick gold! Wacky people doing wacky stuff, you gotta love it, even the twentieth time around....right? I'm so hoping 'Little Miss Sunshine's rapturous reception is just some sort of cry for 'something, anything else' in an age of blander cartoon comedies and that eventually this film's deeply minor achievement will be seen for what it is.