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Little Olive just wants to enter the Little Miss Sunshine Pageant. Her parents are going to take her there. Run-of-the-mill family road trip, right? What could possibly go wrong? Add into the mix a suicidal uncle, a brother who's taken the vow of silence, and a grandfather who was kicked out of a retirement home for snorting heroin, and you've got the perfect recipe for unpredictable disaster that's anything but ordinary.
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This is one of those movies where outrageous and consequently hilarious things happen under the most mundane of circumstances. Without going into detail, this family faces quite a few obstacles before they reach their final destination and the road they travel is emotional as well as literal. There are tense moments as well as touching ones and the characters are endearing and irritating at the same time, much like a real life family.
Anyone who enjoyed the likes of The Royal Tenenbaums should definitely check this movie out. The talent competition alone is worth it.
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heykim
February 28, 2009
you captured the movie perfectly- it really does have a perfect combination of drama and comedy, and the characters have unbelievable chemistry. awesome movie.
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QUEENBFLIX
January 26, 2009
Knowing how to pop a clutch can come in handy. Its very hard not to like this movie, and I'm very lazy.
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Annie_Scott
December 19, 2008
So true. I love this movie. I laughed the entire time.
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May 24, 2007
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Little Miss Sunshine is a comedy-drama about a dysfunctional family's road trip to a children's beauty pageant. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature and starred Greg Kinnear, Steve Carrell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin.
Movies, Comedy Movies, Indie Movies, Alan Arkin Movies, Steve Carell Movies, Steve Carell, Paul Dano Movies, Greg Kinnear Movies, Abigail Breslin Movies, Little Miss Sunshine, Toni Collette Movies
Cast:
Alan Arkin,
Steve Carell,
Julio Oscar Mechoso,
Toni Collette,
Melvin Rodriguez,
Abigail Breslin,
Courteney Cox Arquette,
Bryan Cranston,
Greg Kinnear,
Paul Dano,
Steven Christopher Parker,
Jill Talley,
Mary Lynn Rajskub,
Brenda Canela,
Beth Grant,
Wallace Langham,
Matt Winston,
Dean Norris,
John Walcutt,
Geoff Meed,
Gordon Thomson,
Marc Turtletaub,
Chuck Loring,
Justin Shilton,
Paula Newsome,
Lauren Shiohama,
Jerry Giles,
Joan Scheckel,
Casandra Ashe,
Alexandria Alaman,
Brittany Baird,
Brenae Bandy,
Maliah Hudson,
Lindsey Jordan,
Annabelle Roberts,
Nicole Stoehr,
Alissa Anderegg,
Cambria Baird,
Kristen Holaas,
Destry Jacobs,
Shane Murphy,
Sydni Stevenson-Love,
Lauren Yee
Director:
Jonathan Dayton,
Valerie Faris
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date:
August 18, 2006, July 26, 2006
Screen Writer:
Michael Arndt
DVD Release Date:
December 19, 2006
Runtime:
1hr 39min
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