the audience applauded

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

The movie starts out with Valentin's father teaching his boy to 'confront his fears'... The movie ends with the child dying. What is the worst fear a parent has: their child dying, their child kidnapped, their child murdered... Somehow, there is no way to confront those nightmare scenarios until they actually happen.But I saw a movie about a man, taking care of a child who was not his to begin with. Julie thinks the child is his--or can only remember Valentin as the last sex partner she had--but subsequent DNA shows him not to be the biological father.To raise his daughter, Maggie (played by Loreto Peralta) Valentin becomes a Hollywood stuntman, and Maggie acting as his coach and trouble shooter, reviving him when he faints from doing the stunt. And Loreto Peralta as 6 year old Maggie is a real scene stealer.Well, Julie decides now after six years old, she wants custody of the now six year old girl and shows up.Sadly, the child has some sort of (undisclosed) congenital birth defect and is soon to die. Valentin knows this but he does not wish to share this knowledge with Julie.The movie ends with Maggie, Valentin, and Julie on a Mexican beach, and Maggie dies in Valentin's arms. Essentially, Valentin had fallen in love with a stranger's child, Valentin had taken responsibility for a stranger's child. Add one more fear--being involved in some kind of cosmic dupe.The movie went way beyond the expectations for "Little Miss Sunshine"-- crotchety old man takes care of cute tike. It ended up challenging our notions of what it means to take care of another's child, what it means to fall in love with a stranger.I gave it ten stars for asking this ultimate question.

While Eugenio Derbez' comedic wordplay is worth an occasional chuckle if you can sit through the shrill, garish presentation of his many television series, the idea of spending two hours with Derbez was daunting on its face, but my spouse, who adores him, insisted. Derbez only got where he is by winning the lucky gene pool, as he happens to have been born of the truly talented and multidimensional actress, Sylvia Derbez, which kind of makes him Mexico's Liza Minelli, although he is, unbelievably, even more irritating than his American counterpart. This particular film features less of Derbez' amusing wordplay and more of all that is off-putting about this talentless buffoon, who makes sure to paint his character as angelic, rather than asinine, which, if you're actually listening to the dialog instead of being distracted by his constant mugging (think Jerry Lewis and Cantinflas' love child) is the only apt description of this protagonist. I couldn't believe what a self-righteous, maudlin infomercial for the catholic church's medieval ideas on procreation and homosexuality this obnoxious piece of crap turned out to be. Don't waste your time. If you have half a brain cell, you'll be sorry you did.

This movie simply took my breath away. I hadn't made time to see it, but I wish I would have a lot sooner. True the start of the movie is silly, but you get it. It's not distasteful and it isn't all that predictable. From beginning to finish I was laughing and crying. Asking myself questions and staying intrigued by the story line. There was never a dull moment. And you could see the father daughter relationship develop, the way one might. It wasn't fake and it wasn't forced or awkward, it was natural. Everything about the movie was flawless. It was relatable in a sense that his ways of being a good and caring father reminded me of my father. Going that extra mile, being supportive, being a clown, being your hero. The way he portrayed the father figure was dead on. His daughter was curious, daring, and humbled. She too is a soulful and beautiful actor/ actress. This is now one of my favorite movies. You neeeeeeed to WATCH it. Make time and do yourself a favor by embracing this story and letting it become a part of you...The rating should be higher, why it isn't, is ridiculous. No matter the racial differences or what have you, humans are humans. Spanish, English, whatever, just check it out =). By the end of the movie you'll be applauding, crying, laughing, and much more appreciative of your life and your loved ones.

A tad bit of a spoiler!We are Hispanics and when we saw Eugene Derbez as the main character we weren't expecting nothing great because he's a Hispanic comedian and we didn't think it was going to blend to good with an American movie, But boy did this movie prove us wrong. It has everything! Now its hard to get my husband to get emotional during a movie, not just any movie gets him to tear up, but this movie had him holding our daughter so tight by the end of it! This movie makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you value things but the best part of this movie is you carry it with you its one of those movies you cant stop thinking about shortly after watching it! Amazing movie definitely recommend it amazing job Eugene Derbez you have worked your way up incredibly!