Misfits Against the World: Little Miss Sunshine
In the 2006 movie Little Miss Sunshine , directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, a husband and wife team who made their directorial debut with this movie, explores the mindset of pushing through the roles and situations that life has put you in. They portray this concept as through the Hoovers, a misfit family on a mission to get Olive, the youngest of the family, to California in time to compete in a beauty pageant. Throughout the movie, they run into setback after setback that reveal just how bad of a family they make, as Dwayne, the older brother, points out during a particularly touching scene. Dwayne is the son of Sheryl, the mom of the family, from a previous marriage. Uncle Frank failed a suicide attempt after losing the guy of his dreams to another guy. Richard, the father, is broke after an unsuccessful effort to make a career out of being a life coach. Not to mention that Edwin, the grandfather, was a heroin addict who literally died during the trip. However, despite all...