"Little Miss Sunshine"

[Captain Beefheart]

Deserves it's own thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLZ6iS6ZddQ

Trailer 1
http://movies.apple.com/movies/fox_s...hine_h640w.mov

Trailer 2
http://www.apple.com/movies/fox_sear...-tlr_h640w.mov

If you enjoy the quirkiness of movies like Royal Tannenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Garden State, The Squid and the Whale this one is probably up your alley.. It's sort of emblematic of many of the films being made on the "indie" circuit dealing with the dynamics of dysfuncional familes.

Alan Arkman is the man. There are the more esoteric bits like Carell's character being the "most highly regarded Proust scholar" and the son's obsession with Nietzsche. But really the story in itself is funny, the acting is awesome, and the movie is really well-shot. And DeVotchKa all over the score/soundtrack helps too.

[BlackWolf]

I'm gonna watch this one eventually, Steve Carell is the man, and the rest looks good as well.