Tuesday, January 9

Little Miss Sunshine

I love movies. Especially in the theatre. Mostly in the theatre.

For some reason I have a hard time watching movies on DVD. But every now and then I will.

I’m not the kind of person that likes to watch a movie over and over. Even the great ones I can only watch once every couple of years.

I watched a movie on DVD this weekend. Twice, within 24 hours. (Oh, how I wish I'd seen it in the theatre)

"Little Miss Sunshine tells the story of the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families ever seen on motion picture screens."

The filmmakers themselves said that it wasn’t a movie about “family values;” it was a movie about “the value of family.” And maybe that’s why the story of a family on the brink of breakdown (figuratively and literally) connects with a crowd that has grown jaded with family-themed entertainment. (Relevant Magazine)

What a great film, what a great story. A real ‘family film’. Not in the sense of “I think I’ll sit down and watch this with my 3 year old” type of family film. But the kind of film that is truly about family and what makes family work in the midst of all our dysfunctions.

The truth is…We are all of us just inches away from being the Hoovers.

As Greg Kinnear, the father, says in the movie as the family sits down at a restaurant for dinner, “Everyone just pretend to be normal.”

Mark Nelson at 7:07 AM 3comments

3 Comments

at 11:30 AM  Anonymous said...

I rented this movie a few weeks ago and loved it. I think they are the new fam in american society. It was just nice to see something that seemed real. So, I'm glad you liked it too b/c I have yet to talk to someone who actually heard of it. :) Allison Williams

 

at 4:42 PM  Anonymous said...

This movie actually made it to the original version theatre in Madrid, and cheap as I am, I actually forked over the money to see it twice in the theater! Weird as they are, its refreshing to see a normal family.

 

at 3:12 PM  Anonymous said...

Hey Mark, Graves and I went to the screening here in Indy back in the summer. I'm so glad it's on DVD...now, I can talk about it with people.

"No one gets left behind! No one gets left behind! Outstanding soldier! Outstanding!"

~Dan H.

 

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