Hey there, Little Miss Sunshine!

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

(2006)

Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

Writing Credits: Michael Arndt

Click here to know more about the movie's casts and crew: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/fullcredits/

This movie is about dreams, illusions, and overcoming insecurities. Amidst the comedy and the jokes lies an inspirational story about a family driven by love and motivation, supporting a child's wish.

The first time I heard of its title, I thought it is just a "weeper" or perhaps, just another "cutesy" film. From the intro, I already formed a conclusion ad I thought I confirmed it because the first scene shows the round, blue eyes of a cute little girl named Olive Hoover (played by Abigail Breslin) who wears that big eyeglass, but from the moment I realized she was watching a beauty pageant and even imagined herself as one of the contestants, I changed my view about the movie. This movie has something deeper and special.

• The representation of the child and her dreams is very essential because all of us have that inner child within us that struggles to remind us everyday of our lives to never stop dreaming big.
• With regards to the movie's theme, it illustrates about how we are all blinded away from the brighter side of losing because of grasping to a culture obsessed with winning. Road film, defined as an episodic journey on the open road, to search for escape or to engage in a quest for some kind of a goal, was the genre used and the very relevant scenes in the story happened throughout the Hoover family's journey towards the child's dream of joining Little Miss Sunshine. The film, however, didn't have much huge, brain-twitching plot twists but what was exciting was that we always have to look forward for something and continue to have more fun with the story because we don't exactly know where it is going and where would all of their fate lead them and just like how comedies should be, it tickles is us all the time and would really get funnier along the way.
• The screenplay was wisely written because of the series of "unfortunate" events the family encountered which added brightness to the comedic characters portrayed by brilliant actors and actresses having genuine fun together.