spoilers!

I watched this when it was in theaters over a year ago, with my parents. I went in not knowing anything about it. I saw one preview that I thought advertised it as a family comedy.

Five minutes into it, I changed my mind. Steve Carrell’s presence was startlingly misleading. Carrell, who normally plays the lovable, dry, funny man was instead heavy and depressed.

The movie starts out, describing the supporting characters’ miserably average lives. But the focus shifts over to Olive, the baby of the family.

I love how every individual set aside their personal shortcomings to support Olive in the end.

The second time I watched it, the scene where Dwayne finds out he’s colorblind and can’t pilot in the Air Force gave me anxiety. It was so emotional and having already seen the movie, I anticipated it, my stomach in knots. Powerful scene indeed.

Little Miss Sunshine is a movie that I highly recommend and deeply enjoy, but its not one that I can enjoy over and over again.

This was out in the cinema near my house for about a week, so I missed it then, but FINALLY saw it and how fantastic was this film? So funny and sweet and the acting was all great and Olive was adorable and Steve Carell was hysterical… Great, great film.

Quite possibly my favorite movie of 2006.

Everything about “Little Miss Sunshine” was excellent, from acting to story to execution. It’s delightfully funny yet really moving at the same time for various reasons. You just need to see it to know what I mean.

If you haven’t seen it yet, you’re truly missing out on a great film. Hell, it’s still playing where I’m living, because people around here can’t get enough of it.

EDIT:

I picked up the film on DVD the other day and I just finished watching the four alternate endings that it came with. I have to say, I’m a bit disappointed since the endings are just really short clips, some of which are rehashed along with text since they didn’t actually film the entire sequence for one ending. Also, there aren’t really any extras except for the alternate endings, commentary, and a music video.

Still, the film alone is worth the price of the DVD, especially if you missed out on seeing this in theaters.