Saturday, June 12, 2010

eight four

The movie Little Miss Sunshine makes me happy.

Why?  It's about a totally screwed up family.  The little girl in it, Olive, wants to be a dancer and a beauty queen.  She's not exactly that fit though and not what most weirdos would consider model material.  Her brother wants to join the air force and refuses to speak to anyone until he reaches his goal.  Their dad is a motivational writer that's obsessed with his work.  No one really cares about him.  His wife chain smokes continuously and just wants a normal life.  Her brother gets stuck living with them after he tries to commit suicide.  He's also gay and he pretty much hates her husband, but that feeling is mutual.  Olive's grandfather does crack or heroin (I can't remember) and ends up ODing on the family's road trip to California.  The movie is almost painful to watch but it's funny...  In a really messed up way.  Anyways, it's R rated so don't watch it unless your parents don't care or you're old enough to not have to get parental consent and whatnot.

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