| Critics
Reviews |
Average
Grade: |
B+ |
|
|
Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...warms with
dark laughs."
more... |
A- |
Chicago
Sun-Times
Jim Emerson |
"You just won't
see a better acted, and better cast,
movie..."
more... |
A- |
Chicago
Tribune
Jessica Reaves |
"...stellar..."
more... |
A- |
|
E! Online |
"...consistently fresh and gut-bustingly
funny..."
more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...these are
not organic characters..."
more... |
C |
filmcritic.com
Rachel Gordon |
"...an engaging
experience."
more... |
B+ |
Hollywood
Reporter
Duane Byrge |
"...this is one
of those movies that veteran moviegoers
complain they don't make anymore."
more... |
A |
New York
Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...a smart,
dark road comedy..."
more... |
B |
New York
Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...across-the-board terrific
performances..."
more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...movie-goers
will leave the theater feeling uplifted."
more... |
B |
Rolling
Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a scrappy
human comedy that takes an honest path to
laughs and is twice as funny and touching
for it."
more... |
B |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"...hilarious
and astute satire..."
more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"It has been a
while since we've seen such a consistently
funny and entertaining road movie."
more... |
A |
The
Hoover family treks from Albuquerque to the Little
Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California,
to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an
ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way
the family must deal with crushed dreams,
heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to
the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself.
On their travels through this bizarre landscape,...
