Two high-school soon-to-graduate best friends went on the last adventure together to purchase boozes for a party to look cool in front of the girls. With the help of another friend, Fogel, who happened to have a fake ID with “McLovin” last name. The whole ordeal was simply hilarious and the dialog was truly honest and believable with lots of foul languages – just like teenager boys loaded with hormone would do to score with girls. The cops who rode with McLovin were not your typical cops; they were just as loose as your irresponsible teenagers – not quite as believable.

A couple of strange stories stood out for me:
– Seth ended up with a blood stain on his pants from dancing with a girl who’s having a period.
– McLovin got punched on the face while trying to purchase the alcohol drinks with a fake ID.
– Cops’ use of sirens, flashlights and other trickery just to appear to conduct normal police business.
– The boys stayed as virgins after getting so close to scoring.

This movie is hilarious and the plots are something most men can probably associate with and reflect upon during those crazy years with issues of college anxiety, self identity, and high sexual drive. Highly recommended.

This movie reminds me of Chevy Chase’s “National Lampoon’s Vacation” with a “bright” spin to it. The uncle tried to commit suicide and got fired from his job. The brother pledged a vow of silence until fulfilling his dream of entering pilot academy and hated his family. The grandpa got kicked out of his retirement home due to his sexually explicit behavior. The father, a public speaker/motivator who taught his children to be winner, not loser, ended up being a loser in cutting a public engagement deal, reaching his last financial straw. Everyone in this family has problems.

In order to allow Olive to enter Little Miss Sunshine pageant, they drove a broken Voltage Wagon from Albuquerque to California. Throughout the journey, they suffered several setbacks: transmission problem (requiring pushing to start the car and parking the car on top of hill), bad news on the father failed dealing, grandfather’s passing away in the back of the van, and the brother’s discovery of his color blindness, who prevents him from being a pilot, being stopped by a cop, and etc.

When they made it to the pageant, Olive found herself stood out like a sore thumb (too plain) without lots of glitters, costumes and makeup. The shocking thing is her last talent performance, which she learned from her father, turned out to be a the “super freak” strip-tease dance. To show their support, all the family members went up to the stage and danced to music. They were told to never enter another California pageant.

This is a hilarious and heart warming movie. The family member started out broken and at the end came together as a family. The sufferings are what make you learn and love. No pain, no gain.