USA |101 min | R | BluRay | Dir. Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
"A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus."- synopsis via IMDb
"...tucked in between all the hurt and the jokes, the character development and the across-the-board terrific performances is a surprisingly sharp look at contemporary America, one that sets the metaphor of the stage (and, by extension, competition) against the cherished myth of the open road."-Manohla Dargis(The New York Times)
Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWyH_twcMl0
Content Awareness: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/parentalguide/
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