2. 《阳光小美女》 Little Miss Sunshine
Sheryl Hoover (Toni Collette) is an overworked mother of two children who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her brother Frank (Steve Carell) is a gay scholar of French author Marcel Proust, temporarily living at home with the family after a suicide attempt. Her husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) is striving to build a career as a motivational speaker and life coach. Dwayne (Paul Dano), Sheryl's son from a previous marriage, is an unhappy teenager who has taken a vow of silence until he can accomplish his dream of getting into the US Air Force Academy in order to become a test pilot. Richard's foul-mouthed father, Edwin (Alan Arkin), a World War II veteran recently evicted from a retirement home for using and sellingheroin, lives with the family. He is close with his seven-year-old granddaughter.
7岁的奥利芙,戴眼镜,小肚腩,做一夜成名的美梦,坚信自己有朝一日能当选美国小姐。爸爸,推销成功学课程的讲师,相信“世界上只有两种人,成功者和失败者”,四处贩卖他的“成功九部曲”;哥哥,自闭男,崇拜尼采,为了考上飞行学院发哑誓,九个月没有同家人说话;舅舅,自称是美国最好的普鲁斯特研究学者,同性恋,恋人和同事跑掉、失业,自杀未遂,生活混乱;爷爷(阿兰·阿尔金 饰),被养老院赶出来的老流氓,满嘴脏话、吸毒;妈妈,是这个疯狂家庭唯一正常的人。在家人的支持下,奥利芙参加了“阳光小美女”的选美比赛,一家人踏上了集体寻梦的旅程。奥利芙能否如愿当选?家庭成员们怎样才能度过他们各自的危机?
推荐理由:如果要选一个最最阳光的萝莉,阿比盖尔·布莱斯林饰演的《阳光小美女》绝对是首选。并不是因为这部影片中有“阳光”,而是因为阳光就在她的笑容里。