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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
A family road trip movie in which they discover what winning is all about
Well done movie. The bus scenes were so funny. Definitely a bumpy ride, but worth it! Steve Carell as the number one Proust scholar was excellent. Paul Dano's anti-social Nietzche loving teenager was so impressive, his role for more than 3/4 of the movie involved no speaking. Toni Collette filled the role of Olive's mother-Sheryl beautifully. Greg Kinnear was perfect as the annoying emotionally disconnected dad. And Alan Arkin was the character that kicked it out of the mainstream all together.
I laughed so hard I cried, a cliché, but its been a rare experience for me in the movies.
In the end Family-real life experience was what they discovered and won. The beauty pageant finale with Olive is going to be a classic, a send up on the insanity of primping or pimping little children right out of all childhood innocence.
Can't say more without giving something away.
Die Mörder sind unter uns (1946)
Excellent piece of German history
Having just seen this movie for the first time, I'll agree with some of the other comments.
The acting seems theatrical, at times almost political. The movie would make a great double with "The Third Man".
What struck me was the significance of this movie. That the Soviets are the ones that made it possible. That forgiveness (and legal justice) not revenge were the goals to move past the horrors of life, a message only brought about by the Soviets changing the ending. Not having known the history of this movie, I wondered about the soviet involvement, when in one street scene children were playing within a stones throw of a wrecked soviet tank. (Or was it wrecked?).
It was made in 1946. I can only imagine the hardship for everyone overrun by the wars destructive path. This movie plainly shows that life does continue.