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Movie Analysis: Little Miss Sunshine

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The factors that determine whether you get A,B,C,D,E!F or G is how your life begins. If you live a life filled with integrity, righteousness and happiness you will get everything out of your life and you will end with a story like A. On the other hand if you live a life negatively, not looking out for the common man then you will live a life like F. You get whatever you put into this world out as long as you do it with the best intentions

In its most deepest, Little Miss Sunshine is a movie about acceptance more particularly related to the acceptance of family members who have all had there struggles in life. In the movie we see the homosexual scholar uncle Frank, the drug-addicted Grandpa who is later kicked out of his nursing home for bad behavior, then of course you have your “Mr.Perfect” Richard, and the unordinary and destructive teenager Dwayne. Then of course you have your overstressed mother, sister, daughter and wife Sheryl whose own frustration level and pride to take …show more content…

The family piles in the the station wagon of which as they reach the gas station and fill up to leave they forget poor Olive who is the main reason they are going to Florida. As they scurry to go back and get her she stand there not worried or panicked but calm in knowing they would be back to get her. This scene is iconic for the movie because as the yellow station wagon breaks down the family is forced to connect as a whole and help each-other push the car to go. In working together they all got a little happier with each other and the trip can then continue. In the beginning of the scene they are all seated in the car we get an eye level shot with them that shows the “excitement” they are about to encounter on there trip. Towards the middle the car breaking down helps the family connect and start to actually have some form of fun on the

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