The film that will turn you on to Proust

Rating: 7/10 (17 July 2008)

Funny how any movie that doesn't completely suck gets put in IMDb's top 250 list right quick. "The will of the people is strong, but their ability to forget is insurmountable" (or something or other paraphrased from Mein Kampf). Democracy! Yay! In other words: people rush out to vote for films based on fleeting emotional tangents which would be more strongly evoked by older movies that did it with more class.
Not that this is necessarily the case here. Little Miss Sunshine is decent -- sufficiently heart-warming and bittersweet. You know, one of those movies about how we have to love the people we're with even if we don't like them or get along too well on a personal level. It demonstrates how these familial bonds are tested in stressful and depressing circumstances, but these are the only bonds that can survive such circumstances. I can jive with that message.
Or maybe I'm just reading into it. REGARDLESS, the cast works well together and the pacing is good and there are some genuine laughs along the way. I didn't cry and call all my friends after watching it, but it is affecting.