HUGELY overrated!

Rating: 3/10 (2 September 2008)

Similar in tone to "Juno", "Little Miss Sunshine" fails to pull you in, simply because all the characters are so 'quirky'. Barring the work of Michael Gondry and Charlie Kaufman, 'Quirky' is fast becoming a Hollywood by-word for 'crap'. The script is quirky, the acting is quirky, believe me, Alan Arkin must have a WONDERFUL publicist, and the story-line is really, really 'quirky'. Can some-one please remind me why Alan Arkin won the Oscar for "Supporting Actor"? Jackie Earle Haley in the masterpiece 'Little Children" was far superior to his turn as a 'quirky' Grandad. No Justice! The only good thing about "Little Miss Sunshine" is The End. I cannot believe that a piece of rubbish like this can be exalted as a "Best Picture" contender, the Academy was really scraping the bottom of the barrel that year!