Rotten
All indie-movie families may start out unhappy in their own way, but by the time the final credits roll, everyone remains complacent, confident of their brood's superiority.
Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York
Little Miss Sunshine
A family on the verge of a breakdown
2006 · 1h 42m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Jonathan Dayton
,
Valerie Faris
Overview
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Sunny or dark, comedy should never be as predictable as Little Miss Sunshine.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
... a scrappy human comedy that takes an honest path to laughs and is twice as funny and touching for it.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
... this isn't much more than a glorified sitcom, but it deftly dramatizes our conflicting desires for individuality and an audience to applaud it.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Hilarious, profane and as much fun as you are going to have in a theater this summer.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
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