Yes, it is that good...

Just a quick note to say I finally got to see Little Miss Sunshine tonight.

I've been worried for weeks that my expectations of this movie were too high, it was bound to disappoint, the only funny moments would be the ones I'd already seen ten thousand times in the trailer.

I was wrong.

I don't think I've ever laughed that hard at a movie.

Now, granted, I was primed for a good movie-going experience. I had my Diet Pepsi (sadly, the theater didn't serve Coke products, but that's okay); I had my popcorn; and best of all I had my very good movie buddy Vanessa who makes just about any film better because our laughs take on a multiplier affect when we're together (or effect, I get 'em confused.)

But this movie delivered for me. Big time.

From a storytelling standpoint it's a great lesson. Authors should study it and all good screenplays for ways to tighten our writing. For example, the mom is divorced and the oldest son is her child from her first marriage but this is never explained, never dwelled upon. There's simply a line early on that referred to "last month when Duane was visiting his father." Bingo. That's all I needed to know. Don't tell me the details if they don't matter.

This will definitely go on my list of things I wish I'd written: a list that includes Roman Holiday, Baby Boom, and most recently, Stranger than Fiction which is the next off-beat movie I'm dying to see.