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Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine

Actor(s): Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin
Director(s): Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Movie Release: 2006
DVD Release: 12/19/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan
Audio Tracks: English, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 43 mins
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Total Copies: 4
Genres: Comedy Drama, Road Movie, Ensemble Film, Domestic Comedy
See Also: Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Sunshine [Blu-ray], Little Miss Sunshine

DVD Synopsis

When a pudgy, bespectacled seven-year-old, Olive (Abigail Breslin), voices her desire to take home the coveted Little Miss Sunshine crown at an upcoming beauty pageant, her wildly dysfunctional family sets out on an interstate road trip to ensure her a clear shot at realizing her dreams in former music video directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' quirky feature debut, starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, and Toni Collette. Despite early career success as an outspoken motivational speaker, family patriarch Richard (Kinnear) continues to cling to his "Refuse to Lose" philosophy, much to the chagrin of his increasingly annoyed spouse, Sheryl (Collette). Add into the mix a Nietzsche-reading teenage son (Paul Dano) who has taken a vow of silence until he finds his fate as a fighter pilot; a horny, heroin-happy grandfather (Alan Arkin) with a penchant for creative profanity; and a suicidal genius (Carell) and Proust scholar still reeling about losing both his male lover and his MacArthur Foundation genius grant -- and the stage is set for a road trip in which sanity is sure to take the back seat. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

Greg Kinnear - Richard
Toni Collette - Sheryl
Steve Carell - Frank
Paul Dano - Dwayne
Abigail Breslin - Olive
Alan Arkin - Grandpa


Editorial Review of DVD

When a pudgy, bespectacled seven-year-old, Olive (Abigail Breslin), voices her desire to take home the coveted Little Miss Sunshine crown at an upcoming beauty pageant, her wildly dysfunctional family sets out on an interstate road trip to ensure her a clear shot at realizing her dreams in former music video directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' quirky feature debut, starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, and Toni Collette. Despite early career success as an outspoken motivational speaker, family patriarch Richard (Kinnear) continues to cling to his "Refuse to Lose" philosophy, much to the chagrin of his increasingly annoyed spouse, Sheryl (Collette). Add into the mix a Nietzsche-reading teenage son (Paul Dano) who has taken a vow of silence until he finds his fate as a fighter pilot; a horny, heroin-happy grandfather (Alan Arkin) with a penchant for creative profanity; and a suicidal genius and Proust scholar (Carell) still reeling about losing both his male lover and his MacArthur Foundation genius grant -- and the stage is set for a road trip in which sanity is sure to take the back seat.

Fox's 2006 DVD release offers a commentary track by first-time directing duo Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris as well as writer Michael Arndt, and deleted scenes. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Amazing G. from SEATTLE, WA wrote on 9/17/2009...

This is my favorite movie of all time! The humor and family dynamics are the best and that little Abigail Breslin is sure to be seen in much more as her career develops. A great movie, five stars!

Sarah F. (Ferdy63) from DALTON, GA wrote on 3/20/2009...

So funny and truly heartwarming. You'll fall in love with this family as you watch them struggle to survive a trip for their daughter to compete in a Little Miss Sunshine pageant. The travelers include mother, father, silent teenage son, drug addicted grandfather and an uncle who has just been released fromt he psych ward after attempting suicide. It doesn't sound like the makings of a comedy but believe me, you'll laugh a lot! Overall, it's a movie about how family is the most important thing in life. Highly recommend this one!

Barbara M. wrote on 1/22/2009...

If you haven't seen this movie, you just need to. How does this little girl stay so precious and innocent amoung this group of sadly supportive but disfunctional adults? Their funny anecdotes along the road as they travel to fulfil this young girls dream of performing her act at the Little Miss Sunshine Pagent and the surprise ending are both heart warming and hilarious. The scarier part of the movie, is I think I know some of these characters, if not all of them personally. Thank goodness they are not all in the same family!


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