"Losers are people who are so afraid of not winning that they don't even try," they say — and I agree. Now, you might be wondering, who are “they”? Well, in order to find out, you need to watch this marvelous movie: Little Miss Sunshine (2006), directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, starring Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, and Alan Arkin (Alan Arkin guys — he's a legend or I'd like to call the synonym of sarcasm).

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Movie name sounds so silly, right? Well, the movie is way sillier — and not to mention the comedy — Little Miss Sunshine is a thorough laughter riot. Although it’s a comedy movie, deep down at its core, it has something more to offer as it deals with things like success, failure, emotions, and the unruly nature of life. Little Miss Sunshine is not remotely close to regular cinema — and that’s the beauty of this film.

It kicks off with a child named Olive being selected for a beauty pageant competition in California, and since the family can’t afford to take a flight, they embark on a trip to travel all the way from Albuquerque to California in a mini bus — and the situations they encounter on their journey are what make the story. The plot may sound too simple, but trust me when I say this: many great movies start on such a simple note and turn out to be classics remembered for ages.


The most interesting thing about this movie is that every character in it is a failure, and unlike many films, it doesn’t try to teach or motivate us to become successful, it simply rewrites the very definition of failure. Little Miss Sunshine is a witty satire on a lot of things in life. Society has taken something as profound as life and reduced it down to a binary choice: winning and losing and we need movies like this to often disprove that notion.


Well If I write more I'd be giving you spoilers so I'll leave you at that but remember this guys amid all the things going on in your life, Don't forget what life is really all about -“suffering.” I hope you all have a sufficient amount of suffering in your life (before judging me, watch the movie to get the point). Please do watch the movie with my blog in mind you’ll appreciate it even more, I promise you.

Okay guys, catch you in the next blog.