Reviews

Taking us back and forth 40 years in Russia and it is obvious not a lot has changed from 1966 up until today, I found this to be an exceptional use of location to create a dark eerie presence and visual display on screen. Director Nacho Cerda got the most out of the 2 lead roles (Anastasia Hille and Karel Roden), I had never seen either one of them and I think they did a reasonably good job working out the kinks of the film. The story is the only thing that really bothered me, I tried to stay with it but honestly there were some times that I did get a little lost but every time I found myself wondering what was going on, the characters answered my questions. I was wondering how Nicolai got to the house and Marie asked him that very question. I thought the movie was well thought out and sound affects and visuals really helped draw you in to the film. A lot of moments that made my wife jump and grab my arm tighter.

I don't know what it is about Little Miss Sunshine that makes it so appealing to so many people. I was first introduced to the movie while on a flight during the holidays. I didn't watch the movie at that time but I don't know if it was the movie or the alcohol served on the plane but there were so many people laughing throughout the entire movie. I thought to myself this must be a really funny movie so I thought I would like to see it down the road. Well low and behold on the flight back from my little holiday trip the movie was on again, so of course this time I did watch it and I was a little disappointed. I thought the movie was cute but I wasn't laughing nearly as much as everyone else on the other flight. To me the movie took on some challenging story lines and I applaud the writers for their script. At times the movie moved a little slow for me and I needed to have a little more development of the family together. I didn't know how long they had been married, what happened to the kids Dad. I don't want to give away spoilers but what I will say is if you like really dry humor you will probably like this film. There are certainly some laugh out loud funny moments but not nearly as many as I was anticipating after listening to the passengers on my flight laugh all throughout the flight.