Sarah's Favorite Road Film-Little Miss Sunshine
Alright, I'm finally getting this blog thing figured out after a few hiccups and losing my work. Better late than never I guess.
My favorite road movie is definitely Little Miss Sunshine. I have only seen a few road movies that I can think of and didn't fall asleep while watching (I have a bad habit of falling asleep during movies). There are several reasons this is my favorite road film, as well as one of my favorite movies in general. Little Miss Sunshine is the quintessential disfunctional family hitting the road. The problems that the family encounters while on the road--the broken down van, the Grandpa's overdose, the son's emotional breakdown-- can all be related to and make me feel like my family is more "normal." I guess I have always felt like my family appears like the normal suburban family on the outside, but a much more disfunctional family once you peer inside. The antics in this movie hit home in more ways than one and make it a lovable film. Not only is the movie a road trip to the Little Miss Sunshine Pageant, but also a trip to bringing the family closer together and working out some of their issues. Who doesn't like watching an entire family dance to a routine composed by their drug-abusing grandpa and throw the rules of society out the window?