Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="06dd8c02dduajq.jpg"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><IMG SRC="0660b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="235790cb0.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Judy & Lutz Perschon</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judy Lutz Perschon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><B>At The Movies With Lutz</B></U></A></div> <div> Little Miss Sunshine (2006)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="758" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 153 WIDTH="746"><div> Boston Globe, Ty Burr says: <I>"...warms with dark laughs."</I>   96% of the critics on the Rotten Tomatoes site gave this movie their approval.  I guess I fit into the 4%.  One critic even said <I>"You just won't see a better acted, and better cast, movie..."</I>  The positive side of this movie is the many life lessons that are dealt with in this movie.  Unlike the critics I thought they were poorly presented.  On that mix Judy gave this a happy face but it was a mixed bag at best for me.  There were times in the movie I wanted to shut it off.  Perhaps on the solid support of the critics I would recommend you see it, and form your own opinion.  It carries an <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >MPAA Rating of R for language, some sex and drug content.  For a movie surrounding a 7 year old, that should tell you something.</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="746"><div> Lutz's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="11e15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Judy's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="746"><div> <B>Storyline From Yahoo:  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >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, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge. </FONT></div> <div> <B>Ratings: Critics  B+    Users B+</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>