Little Miss Sunshine

IMDB link: Little Miss Sunshine
Source: Cinema
Viewed: November 28, 2006

I went into this thinking I would like it, but in the end, I think I'd give it about a 5 out of 10. (Were we to give out such ratings, which we don't.) It tried too hard to be chaotic and funny, and that almost always ends up irritating me. Alan Arkin was great, and Steve Carell and the boy (Dwayne) were amusing. - T

I agree that the movie wasn't great, but I think I liked it more than Tom did. I liked the theme (winners and losers), although the treatment was somewhat cliched. I liked some of the characters, especially Dwayne. I think it ended up getting too plot-driven rather than focussing more on the characters. - A