Sheer perfection!

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2012)

This film works and I am not sure why, giving it an almost elusive quality. On paper, the storyline of a family of misfits traveling across the United States so a girl can attend a beauty pageant seems thin and almost dull. But make no mistake, this film is anything but dull. The characters are all fleshed out with every detail making them feel realistic and easy to relate to. Toni Collette is remarkable and a true credit to Australia representing us so greatly on the big screen. Little Miss Sunshine makes you laugh and cry and everything in between. It's gauntlet of emotion as an odd-ball family tries hard to make sense of it all.