Unfunny, Derivative Indie Trash

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2009)

Little Miss Sunshine is about a dysfunctional family on a road trip in order to take the daughter to a beauty pageant. The description sounds typical, and it only gets worse. The characters are as unoriginal as they come, straight out of sitcoms and stock-character heaven, from the loser father to the foul-mouthed granddad. The script is injected with flat drama, stuff that would have, strangely enough, been used for laughs in a superior comedy. It may be clever at times, with a structure that's at least decent, but it's too short on laughs. A few chuckles can't redeem this derivative, unfunny piece of aggressively indie trash.
Contains: Some Strong Profanity, Snorting of Heroin, Occasional Sexual Images