MUST SEE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Little Miss Sunshine

with all the hype from it's successful run at this years sundance film festival, i was kind of worried that little miss sunshine would fizzle out when it finally made it to our screens this summer. not only was i proven wrong, but this wonderful film may just be the sleeper hit of the season!

with an amazing cast of misfits (toni collette and greg kinnear as fighting parents, steve carell as a gay suicidal proust scholar, alan arkin as a heroin toting grumpy grandpa, paul dano as the brother who swears a vow of silence to protest against his family and abigail breslin as the heart and soul of this crazy clan), the story focuses on how young olive's (abigail breslin) emotionally messy family accompanies her travels across state borders just so she can compete in the little miss sunshine pageant.

what happens along the way is funny, dark and tragic, yet surprisingly uplifting by the end of the film.

by far the best dysfunctional feel good movie of the year! go see it asap, then call up your overbearing mom and distant dad and tell them how much you love them!