Now here is a fucked up movie. Steve Carell (Bruce Almighty, Year Old Virgin, the Daily Show, The Office) plays the role of the suicidal gay uncle who unsuccessfully tries to off himself by slitting his wrists when a love of his falls apart. Greg Kinnear (Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, You've Got Mail, As Good As It Gets) plays the dad in the family; he's some kinda weirdo success motivator who's ironically completely unsuccessful himself. He can't get a book deal to save his life.
The brother, played by Paul Dano (Emperor's Club, The Girl Next Door, Fast Food Nation) took a vow of silence until he gets into the air force to fly jets when he's eighteen. Funny part is he was 23 when the movie was made and plays a 15 year old. How fucked up is that. Alan Arkin (everything since 1963) plays the grandfather who is a heroin snorting fuck nut. Throw all this together around the cutest little girl in the whole wide played by Abigail Breslin (Signs, Raising Helen, Air Buddies) and you've got Little Miss Sunshine.
The brother, played by Paul Dano (Emperor's Club, The Girl Next Door, Fast Food Nation) took a vow of silence until he gets into the air force to fly jets when he's eighteen. Funny part is he was 23 when the movie was made and plays a 15 year old. How fucked up is that. Alan Arkin (everything since 1963) plays the grandfather who is a heroin snorting fuck nut. Throw all this together around the cutest little girl in the whole wide played by Abigail Breslin (Signs, Raising Helen, Air Buddies) and you've got Little Miss Sunshine.
So, Carell winds up moving in with his sister (the mom of the little girl, played by Toni Colette, who, other than being gorgeous and talented, has done nothing more remarkable than Shaft for several years) for a while to recover from his suicide attempt.
The little girl finds out she won a beauty contest, but it's in California, 800 miles away. To make a long but quirky story short, every body hops in a bus, drives out to California, and the Grandfather dies on the way, overdosing on heroin. The most fucked up part of the entire movie is that the grandfather was helping the little girl work on her "routine", which turns out to be a strip tease in front of a bunch of snobby beauty pageant white trash who stop her before it gets creepy.
Best line in the movie:
"I dedicate this to my grandfather."
"Oh? Where is he?"
"Oh, he's in our trunk..."
The little girl finds out she won a beauty contest, but it's in California, 800 miles away. To make a long but quirky story short, every body hops in a bus, drives out to California, and the Grandfather dies on the way, overdosing on heroin. The most fucked up part of the entire movie is that the grandfather was helping the little girl work on her "routine", which turns out to be a strip tease in front of a bunch of snobby beauty pageant white trash who stop her before it gets creepy.
Best line in the movie:
"I dedicate this to my grandfather."
"Oh? Where is he?"
"Oh, he's in our trunk..."
So I spoiled it for you completely, but it was worth it. I can now say I fulfilled my asshole quota for today.
Tits and Ass quota 0.0. None at all.
Weird factor, 9.5, the seven year old strip tease thing was fucked up. Almost couldn't watch it, but they stopped it before it got creepy.
Plot, very fun to watch, 8.5
Fulfilling my white trash fantasy, 2.0, none at all. The wife was kinda trashy, but eh.
Sex and Violence, 1.0, no and no.
Old creepy guy factor 9.5, way creepy.
Hysterically funny people known for their comedy playing completely unfunny characters, 9.0
Accurate categorization of a comedy, 1.0. It's a drama. Not really funny at all.
Although I really did enjoy the plot, I was kinda creeped out by the weird seven year old strip tease thing ending especially, so I have to give this movie a horrid rating of 5.0. As usual, I am being quite generous.
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