Favorite Road Film...
I am going to have to go with what is most likely the cliche answer of my generation, but Little Miss Sunshine is probably my favorite road film. I like being able to watch a film and see hints of reality define them. In Little Miss Sunshine, the viewer does not see the quintessential idea of what the "American family" is. Rather, the viewer sees what real American families are: dysfunctional. This movie exemplifies that there is no such thing as perfect, even if we try and pretend as if there is. This movie follows a family that wants to despretely represent "normality." In fact, it is the father's obsession with normality that tends to bring out the familiy's flaws and dysfuntion, especially while they are on the road. Towards the end of the movie, the family, in a way, embraces their dysfunction and it is at this point where they truly work together for the first time. Maybe if we all except things at face value, we can get through them easier.