Little Miss Sunshine
- Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
- United States, 2006
Whereas the Tenenbaums prickle with fairytale dysfunction, with the awkward realism of Little Miss Sunshine’s family we never reach the safety and comfort of caricature.
So we cannot simply label Grandpa’s heroin addiction, Dwayne’s vow of silence and Richard’s ludicrous moral manifesto as “just plain kooky”, because it’s just too genuine and the result is richly comic.
The ensemble performance is nicely balanced. It’s just a shame that the comparative brevity of Alan Arkin’s part was essential to the story, because the contrast between Arkin’s irascible old man and Carell’s sensitive, wounded son-in-law is exquisite.
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