Little Miss Sunshine!

Little Liss Sunshine

So anong Chika?: 9/10

Synopsis from IMDB

Olive is a little girl with a dream: winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so burdened with their own quirks, neuroses, and problems that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father Richard is a flop as a motivational speaker, and is barely on speaking terms with her mother. Her uncle Frank, a renowned Proust scholar, has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence, which allows him to escape somewhat from the family whose very presence torments him. And Olive's grandfather is a ne'er-do-well with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in far off California.

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 It was actually a treat watching this film. It was a rough ride but I finished it with a teary eyed smile.

God gave us the right to choose….and we certainly didnt have that right when God decided where the stork would drop us!

Dysfunctional is an understatement if I would be asked to describe Olive's Family.  Everyone has his or her issues, issues that my mom would never allow us to discuss while having dinner.  Olive has a dream, and that is to be this year's Little Miss Sunshine. But how can she actually fulfill her dream with the kind of family that she has ?! Surprisingly, all of them packed their bags along with theior personal burdens and went on a quest to fulfill Olive's dream. It was a fun, chaotic, sad and exhilirating trip that ended with an overly traumatic and hilariously disturbing dance number.

The film was a light comedy that effortlessly showed me the value of family. Just like the vehicle that they need to push before it would actually start, each of us also needs a push to start-up before we could actually face life. I dont know if that would be the symbolism for that part of the film. But it's actually touching seeing each of them pushing their van and then running one by one to get in! It's in my list for movie scenes that changed my life… chos!

Family would always be there for you! The world may turn its back when life cracks a joke , friends may leave you behind because they would always have their own lives. But family would always be there for you, because you would always be a significant part of not just their life but of their entire being. This was actually the point of the entire film. We would be where we are and we would be nobody without our family. No matter how dysfunctional it may be… blood would always be thicker… and we always have love to make the gears work!

I saw the film three days before Christmas, and I was actually depressed after watching it. I really missed my Mom and my sisters… This would be another Christmas alone…..