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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 20 Nov 2009

If you're going to get on the wavelength of Little Miss Sunshine, you've got to be able to enjoy a comedy in which the characters fit into…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 30 Sep 2009

What makes husband-and-wife directing team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' hilarious debut such a great family film isn't that it's suitable…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Sep 2009

Tucked in between all the hurt and the jokes, the character development and the across-the-board terrific performances is a surprisingly sharp…

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By Gabe Leibowitz (202) for Film and Felt (184) on 18 Sep 2009

Harmless enough as passable road movies go, but I can't help but wish directors of films like these would grow some damn balls…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 18 Sep 2009

It has been a while since we've seen such a consistently funny and entertaining road movie…

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By David Ansen (1,073) for Newsweek (1,534) on 30 Jun 2009

This indie, a sweet, tart and smart satire about a family of losers in a world obsessed with winning, is an authentic crowd pleaser…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 20 Jun 2009

Though Little Miss Sunshine is consistently contrived in its characters' too-cute misery, the conclusion, which is genuinely outrageous and…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 03 Jun 2009

It looks at the all-American obsession with winning and chortles darkly. You still come out of the movie wanting to give your family a hug…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 22 Apr 2009

Like little kids spouting dirty words in certain comedies, this film from first-time directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris undermines…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 31 Mar 2009

Carell's physical comedy is close to genius…

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By Brian Marder (35) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 20 Nov 2008

This inspirational, hilariously sad dysfunctional-family-road-trip dramedy offers absolutely everything -- except pretension…

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By Jonathan Kiefer (305) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

A few touching and surprising moments aside, it all feels a little prefab, with family dysfunction as the indie version of a high concept…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 12 Jun 2008

Writer Michael Arndt has cleverly captured the bribery and corruption which lie at the heart of most families…

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By Robert Davis (91) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 07 Jun 2008

The chaotic dinner scene pops like syncopated jazz, setting the tone for a warm, funny film that has more smiles than belly laughs…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 29 Mar 2008

It's National Lampoon's Family Vacation with soul…

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By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 11 Mar 2008

Accumulates depth and fleshes out its characters…

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By Brandon Fibbs (448) for BrandonFibbs.com (287) on 28 Feb 2008

Charming, moving, warm and brilliantly hysterical, Little Miss Sunshine is easily the funniest thing I have seen in a theater in years…

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By Karina Longworth (242) for Cinematical (752) on 01 Feb 2008

A cheap Sisyphean metaphor literally drives the thing: at first played for laughs, it's recycled to the point of nausea…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 31 Jan 2008

While the film itself isn't perfect, who cares about perfection in the face of abundant life, authentic screwiness and lovely surprises by…

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By Jim Ridley (126) for Village Voice (8,525) on 24 Oct 2007

Like the shambling VW van its hapless characters steer from Albuquerque to Redondo Beach, Little Miss Sunshine is a rickety vehicle that travels…

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