| Directors: Jonathan Deyton, Valarie Faris |
A rare cinematic gem. Little Miss Sunshine simultaneously balances the genres of heart-warming comedy, cultural critique, and family drama with a seemingly effortless lightness.
At its core, a gentle family satire and a classic road movie, directors Deyton and Faris hark back to the anti-establishment, countercultural comedies of the 1970s such as “Smile" or "Harold and Maude" -satirical fairy tales that preached the virtues of nonconformity over the superficiality of conventional American values.