I can't believe this movie simultaneously gave and cured my depression!

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

A bittersweet ray of sunshine caught in a yellow van filled with actors who have rarely been better.

It also has one of the best dance routines ever put to film.

There's a lot more to say about this film, but in the end it will always boil down to this:

Watch it, embrace it, love it.

And that I did.

maybe if i watch this every day it'll be just like actually taking antidepressants

Been meaning to watch this for a while now and sheesh I loved it. 
What a smart and special movie with such a great underlying message. 

I live for this cheeseball indie sundance shit.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but if you don’t like this movie you’re absolutely wrong

yo dis movie acc good

I can properly say this is my favorite movie of all time. Since I was a child I always watched this whenever was on tv, it gives me the same feelings over and over again. I never want this to finish, I could watch that family for hours. It's a celebration of dysfunctional families, each one of the cast is at the top of their game: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin and Alan Arkin (who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) - I just feel a member of their family and I love all of them with my whole heart. Anyway i can't put into words how much this movie means for me, everything I love about cinema is in here. 2006 really was a long ago huh.

Other note: this also won Best Original Screenplay at the 79th Academy Awards :-)

she’s a super freak

Honest. Heartfelt. Hilarious. Abrupt with the chaos, good and bad. Hilarious fleshed-out characters dealing with their relationships to each other. A pastel yellow van. Dreams. 

This was such a nice movie. Warms my cold dead heart. Dealt with beauty pageant fetishism in a subtle but effective way, without losing sight of the core values. Paul Dano doing so much with so little. Abigail Breslin shines in a wonderful performance. I would’ve liked a little more for Toni Collette’s character to do to make use of her immense talent, but a nitpick. Steve Carrell is wonderful in his understated performance.

Still 18 and living with my parents, I UT soon leaving to college. I will surely cry and give it 5 stars when I rewatch it next year.

a picture of innocence amidst a world of chaos.

the winning/losing mentality is arbitrary, the only truth is in hope.

made me think about pandora's box and the lonely spirit of hope.

this movie takes me on a familiar road trip in a familiar decade though, so lots of nostalgia points.

Why have I lived so long without seeing this movie?

Thank you, Hanna.

rewatched this movie for the first time in a long time and ITS SO GOOD!!!