Little Miss Sunshine Shines

Written by laursgalores

If you haven’t already watched the indie flick starring Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin and–who can forget the 40 year-old virgin–Steve Carell, you need to go rent this blockbuster. It’s funny, entertaining and will have you cheering for the dysfunctional family every step of the way.

The family goes on a road trip together on a yellow van (that doesn’t really work properly) to take little daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin) to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Many mishaps and adventures happen along the way but they manage to pull it together in the end as a family. They support Olive even though she clearly isn’t beauty pageant material (Abigail wore a fat suit to fit the role of a somewhat chubby girl who shouldn’t win a pageant). (Which, by the way, is a whole other topic when it comes to being pretty for pageants)
At first, I wasn’t too sure what the theme of the movie was. I thought it had to do with beauty or something. After thinking about it, I realized it was about family. The family coming together even after many disputes. The family of so-called “losers” of this world that we can’t help but root for. The family who forgives each other, knowing they aren’t perfect.

The family that knows it’s ok to lose as long as they have each other.

Then I started thinking about my own family. Are there things I don’t forgive them for? And is it ok if I lose? I’ve always felt the pressures from my family to be successful and make money. I must say, I know for certain that sometime along the way, I will fail at that. I will fail my family and their expectations. But I think that’s the beauty of it–it’s when you fail but your family is still beside you.

What about you? Have you ever been a “loser”?

One Response to “Little Miss Sunshine Shines”

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Jesus Paid It All says:

September 25, 2007 at 1:31 pm

Jesus Paid It All…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…