Worth watching

Rating: 8/10 (15 September 2007)

Long after someone recommended it, I decided to watch this after hearing just one joke on the trailer, where Greg Kinnear's character talks about sarcasm being the language of losers and someone replies with a sarcastic answer. Unfortunately, the movie has just a few other moments that are as funny, but this quirky dramedy is altogether worth watching.
In touching on familiar subject matter for this genre- dysfunctional families, angst-filled teenagers, homosexuality and suicide- Little Miss Sunshine adds little to what other movies like The Royal Tenenbaums have already done. Little Miss Sunshine's strengths are in playing with the idea of being a loser, a main theme of the movie, aside from its disturbing take on beauty pageants. Not recommended for anyone who hates movies that aren't action adventures.