Film

The Sunshine

Did you hear that The Office won Best Comedy at the Emmy’s last night? Did you also hear that Jesus literally wept when Steve Carell was not voted Best Actor in a Comedy? You know what is better than making Jesus cry? Starring in the best comedy of the summer/year. Oh wait, that was Steve Carell in “Little Miss Sunshine.”

If there were to be a movie that would make me appreciate homosexuality (not that there is anything wrong with it) more than I already do, it wouldn’t be “Brokeback Mountain.” No. It would be “Little Miss Sunshine.” “Brokeback Mountain” presented a ‘homosexuality is just like the love between a man and a woman’ (some of my more observant readers will notice man and woman, and man and man are not exactly the same - the ‘-wo’ is missing, and that isn’t the only thing…). But Steve Carell’s character (Frank) in “Little Miss Sunshine” was not an over the top homosexual, unlike some of his peers (Lance Bass, I am looking at you). I just think homosexuality is presented much better when you show the people aren’t different rather than saying the love shared isn’t different. “Brokeback Mountain” literally showed me that it is different…

Of course, this sarcastic tangent about a plot line that isn’t really prevalent to the movie is all to say that I loved “Little Miss Sunshine.” It presented a much different spin on the way families interact from your mainstream Hollywood comedy and it has a great soundtrack which I purchased on iTunes for $9.99.

If I have just tickled your cinema bone, “Little Miss Sunshine” is a must see.

© 2006 Jon Shoemaker.