Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cast: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear
Defining moment: Paul Dano’s freakout when he realises what his hapless little sister is about to walk into proved just what this fine actor was capable of.
When their seven-year-old daughter is accepted to a beauty contest in California, her parents decide to drive from their Albuquerque home, with dysfunctional family members in tow. A wish-list of US indie stars – Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell and a wonderfully irascible Alan Arkin – are crammed into a VW camper van, the journey inevitably involves bumpy confrontations but, with a script that zings with one-liners and note-perfect performances, the trip is an utter blast. Edward Lawrenson
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