Movie review: Little Miss Sunshine

This doesn't mean that I have only watched this movie recently, although I have seen it again only recently, hence this post..

I love it, i just love it.. No matter how many times I've seen it, I end up falling in love with the movie all over again.. The part where they all danced on stage together just cracks me up everytime..

It was a cast that worked well together.. Steve Carell is just hilarious even without saying anything.. It's like the fact that he's there is just funny in on itself..

And the characters, what else can i say? They all were a little crazy, but then again, who isn't? At the start you're introduced to members of the family and learn about their quirks.. Then it shifts to a life on the road which always takes me back to all the road trips I had with my family (sure it's cramped and uncomfortable and just your luck if the aircon is malfunctioning - but the stories, oh the stories and the memories will be something that you'll always take with you. You may forget particular instances of the where, what and why, but it'll leave you with the nice feeling of knowing that you had fun and experienced it with the whole family). Along the way, the family experiences disappointments and loss but they soon realize that they're all in it together and that they have to stand together as a family..

Once the Hoover family reached their destination, the movie shifts a bit from the family's struggles by poking fun at kid pageants with the little girls' big hairs, heavy makeup, adult-like swimwear and physique and compares all that to little Olive who's a bit on the chubby side, wears big glasses and hair done in a simple ponytail (it scares me and makes me sad just thinking if some of the girls in the movie are living that way in real life.. I just hope that they have sensible parents who will guide them and not use them)..

Then, there was the dance number.. I loved it.. For me, it was the highlight of the movie..

If you haven't seen it, please do so.. Til then!