Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Name: Little Miss Sunshine
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2006-07-26
Duration: 1 h 42 min

Comedy Drama

7.8

91%

Runtime102 min

Rating15

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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.

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This quirky, heartwarming comedy-drama about a dysfunctional family taking a road trip to a beauty pageant has a balance of humor and poignancy that can lift the viewer's spirits, similar to the user's fondness for films like The Count of Monte Cristo.

About

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American tragicomedy road film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris from a screenplay written by Michael Arndt. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, all of whom play members of a dysfunctional family taking the youngest (Breslin) to compete in a child beauty pageant. Breslin's breakout performance in the film earned her an Academy Award nomination. The film tackles themes of family, depression, self-acceptance, and finding meaning in absurd conditions. It was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of US$8 million. Filming began on June 6, 2005, and took place over 30 days in Arizona and Southern California.