Little Miss Sunshine Critic Reviews
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Based upon 14 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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It looks at the all-American obsession with winning and chortles darkly. You still come out of the movie wanting to give your family a hug.Read the full review
If you're going to get on the wavelength of Little Miss Sunshine, you've got to be able to enjoy a comedy in which the characters fit into hermetically cute, predetermined sitcom slots.Read the full review
As ambitious, honest and subversive as any American movie since "Election."Read the full review
Ultimately, despite flirting with some darker subjects, Little Miss Sunshine lives up to its name.Read the full review
It's "National Lampoon's Family Vacation" with soul.Read the full review
Sly, near-perfect comedy.Read the full review
The recent film it most recalls is "You Can Count on Me" (2000), another small treasure about a fractured family that managed to be moving without troweling on the sap.Read the full review
A brainy blend of farce and heart, this is one of those movies that veteran moviegoers complain they don't make anymore.Read the full review
Tucked in between all the hurt and the jokes, the character development and the across-the-board terrific performances is a surprisingly sharp look at contemporary America.Read the full review
The film accomplishes a remarkable feat of creative alchemy by breathing life and depth into characters that, in lesser hands, could easily have come across as grating caricatures.Read the full review
