DVD 101 mins IMDB 8.2
R
Little Miss Sunshine
 (2006)
In Collection
#172

Seen It:
Yes
Comedy, Drama
USA  /  English

Steve Carell Frank
Toni Collette Sheryl
Greg Kinnear Richard
Alissa Anderegg Contestant-Sally Kirkwood
Alan Arkin Grandpa
Cassandra Ashe Princess/Butterfly
Abigail Breslin Olive
Paul Dano Dwayne
Erik David Erik Barber
Marc Turtletaub Doctor #1
Jill Talley Cindy
Brenda Canela Diner Waitress
Julio Oscar Mechoso Mechanic

Director Jonathan Dayton; Valerie Faris
Producer Albert Berger; Peter Saraf; Michael Beugg
Writer Michael Arndt

Little Miss Sunshine is a character driven film about a rather dysfunctional family. The characters and their oddities are listed below: Grandpa (was kicked out of a nursing home and enjoys snorting heroin), Dad (a motivational speaker wannabe), Mom (fairly balanced, but secretly smokes cigarrettes), Son (He is a nihlist and has taken a vow of silence until he makes it into the air force academy), Daughter (an adoreable little girl who only wants to win a state beauty pageant) and Mom's Brother (Tried commiting suicide and failed). The movie centers on this group of peoples' trip across the nation in an old VW bus. They are going to California so the little girl can compete in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Needless to say, this odd group of characters has some funny and rather interesting adventures on the road. Sadly, they lose one of the family members along the way, but grow closer to each other in the end.

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