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Little Miss Sunshine

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7.7/10 • 7.3K

2006-07-261h 42m

ComedyDrama

A family on the verge of a breakdown

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Directors
Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
Writters
Michael Arndt
Editors
Pamela Martin

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  1. Greg Kinnear

    Greg Kinnear

    Richard Hoover

  2. Toni Collette

    Toni Collette

    Sheryl Hoover

  3. Steve Carell

    Steve Carell

    Frank Ginsberg

  4. Paul Dano

    Paul Dano

    Dwayne Hoover

  5. Abigail Breslin

    Abigail Breslin

    Olive Hoover

  6. Alan Arkin

    Alan Arkin

    Edwin Hoover

  7. Bryan Cranston

    Bryan Cranston

    Stan Grossman

  8. Beth Grant

    Beth Grant

    Nancy Jenkins

  9. Wallace Langham

    Wallace Langham

    Kirby

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zombieakacris

Nov 17, 2019

7/10

"Fuck a lot of woman kid, I have no reason to lie, not just one. A lot of women." Description: A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. Review: Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 dramatic comedy that delivers all around. With solid cast that includes Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carrell an oscar winning performance by Allan Arkin and Bryan Cranston and Dean Norris in Albuquerque pre Breaking Bad and a great script Little Miss Sunshine is a film that I missed when it first came out but glad I got around to it. Kinnear is the loser husband to Collette's Sheryl and Carell is her gay suicidal brother. Dano plays her quiet son and Arkin the heroine addicted dirty Grampa. Breslin's character Olive qualifies for the Little Miss Sunshine competition and it's a race to beat the clock as the family takes a road trip from Albuquerque to California filled with unexpected surprises and personal revelations. The films ending solidifies the families bond and leaves us wanting to see hopefully another chapter in the families life down the road. No Pun intended. Little Miss Sunshine is defiantly worth checking out if you have not already or just a rewatch as a reminder of how good it is.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8,000,000.00
Revenue
$100,523,181.00
Keywords
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