Quite simply brilliant..

Rating: Null/10 (11 August 2011)

Its about winning and loosing, families and relationships. A disgruntled teenager, a dad whose career is a wreck, a daughter who wants to get into a beauty pageant, a suicidal uncle, a heroine addicted grandfather and a mom just trying to keep it together. This movie portrays a typical family that anyone can relate to. It begs the question of what family means to us anymore. The concept of a family used to hold a lot more meaning but today its just a group of individuals living under one roof. It may be four, it may be more, but the fact remains that our families are not a big part of our life anymore. This is the running theme of the movie.
The directing is just amazing, acting is top of the line even the little girl Olive, played by Abigail Breslin. She is easily the best character in the movie and although the youngest seems to be the most grounded. All in all this is a brilliant movie.