Abigail Breslin – cinemescope

100 Word Review – Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

May 5, 2015March 6, 2016Posted in 100 Words..., Comedy, DramaTagged Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Comedy, Drama, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Steve Carrell, Toni Colette2 Comments

This is the first film that made me both laugh and cry in equal measure.

When Olive (Abigail Breslin) finds out she is a finalist in a beauty pageant on the other side of the States, her father (Greg Kinnear), mother (Toni Colette), brother (Paul Dano), grandpa (Alan Arkin) and recently suicidal uncle (Steve Carrell) set out on a road trip none of them will forget.

There is not a weak link. By the end of the film you will feel like part of the family. It also features one of the greatest dance sequences ever choreographed. It is sublime.

100 Word Review – Zombieland (2009)

April 17, 2015March 6, 2016Posted in 100 Words..., ComedyTagged Abigail Breslin, Comedy, dead, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, zombies3 Comments

Although recently the U.S. have spawned (or summoned) many zombie films, this one stands severed head and shoulders above the rest.

The dead have risen and a reclusive student (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived by following a strict set of rules. But when he meets Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), a man on a mission to find Twinkies, he learns that even an apocalypse can be fun.

The film is made with style and a sense of humour and Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin are excellent as a pair of con artists they meet along the way. Watch out for the wonderful cameo.