 Roger Ebert reflected on the film's themes, writing ""Little Miss Sunshine" shows us a world in which there's a form, a brochure, a procedure, a job title, a diet, a step-by-step program, a career path, a prize, a retirement community, to quantify, sort, categorize and process every human emotion or desire.Nothing exists that cannot be compartmentalized or turned into a self-improvement mantra about 'winners and losers.