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ComedyDrama

Little Miss Sunshine

- 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.

Release Date : 2006-07-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Big BeachBona Fide Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Greg Kinnear

Character Name : Richard Hoover

Original Name : Greg Kinnear

Gender : Male

Toni Collette

Character Name : Sheryl Hoover

Original Name : Toni Collette

Gender : Female

Steve Carell

Character Name : Frank Ginsberg

Original Name : Steve Carell

Gender : Male

Paul Dano

Character Name : Dwayne Hoover

Original Name : Paul Dano

Gender : Male

Abigail Breslin

Character Name : Olive Hoover

Original Name : Abigail Breslin

Gender : Female

Alan Arkin

Character Name : Edwin Hoover

Original Name : Alan Arkin

Gender : Male

Bryan Cranston

Character Name : Stan Grossman

Original Name : Bryan Cranston

Gender : Male

Beth Grant

Character Name : Nancy Jenkins

Original Name : Beth Grant

Gender : Female

Wallace Langham

Character Name : Kirby

Original Name : Wallace Langham

Gender : Male

Matt Winston

Character Name : Pageant MC

Original Name : Matt Winston

Gender : Male

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Character Name : Mechanic

Original Name : Julio Oscar Mechoso

Gender : Male

Marc Turtletaub

Character Name : Doctor #1

Original Name : Marc Turtletaub

Gender : Male

Jill Talley

Character Name : Cindy

Original Name : Jill Talley

Gender : Female

Brenda Canela

Character Name : Diner Waitress

Original Name : Brenda Canela

Gender : Female

Chuck Loring

Character Name : Convience Store Proprietor

Original Name : Chuck Loring

Gender : Male

Justin Shilton

Character Name : Josh

Original Name : Justin Shilton

Gender : Male

Gordon Thomson

Character Name : Larry Sugarman

Original Name : Gordon Thomson

Gender : Male

Steven Christopher Parker

Character Name : Teen Boy #1

Original Name : Steven Christopher Parker

Gender : Male

John Walcutt

Character Name : Doctor #2

Original Name : John Walcutt

Gender : Male

Paula Newsome

Character Name : Linda

Original Name : Paula Newsome

Gender : Female

Dean Norris

Character Name : State Trooper McCleary

Original Name : Dean Norris

Gender : Male

Lauren Shiohama

Character Name : Miss California

Original Name : Lauren Shiohama

Gender : Female

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Character Name : Pageant Assistant Pam

Original Name : Mary Lynn Rajskub

Gender : Female

Jerry Giles

Character Name : Funeral Home Worker

Original Name : Jerry Giles

Gender : Male

Geoff Meed

Character Name : Biker Dad

Original Name : Geoff Meed

Gender : Male

Joan Scheckel

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Joan Scheckel

Gender : Female

Mel Rodriguez

Character Name : Officer Martinez

Original Name : Mel Rodriguez

Gender : Male

Casandra Ashe

Character Name : Girl in Hallway

Original Name : Casandra Ashe

Gender : Male

Alexandria Alaman

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Alexandria Alaman

Gender : Male

Alissa Anderegg

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Alissa Anderegg

Gender : Male

Brittany Baird

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Brittany Baird

Gender : Male

Cambria Baird

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Cambria Baird

Gender : Male

Brenae Bandy

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Brenae Bandy

Gender : Male

Kristen Holaas

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Kristen Holaas

Gender : Male

Maliah Hudson

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Maliah Hudson

Gender : Female

Destry Jacobs

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Destry Jacobs

Gender : Male

Lindsey Jordan

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Lindsey Jordan

Gender : Female

Shane Murphy

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Shane Murphy

Gender : Female

Annabelle Roberts

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Annabelle Roberts

Gender : Female

Sydni Stevenson-Love

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Sydni Stevenson-Love

Gender : Male

Nicole Stoehr

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Nicole Stoehr

Gender : Male

Lauren Yee

Character Name : Pageant Contestant

Original Name : Lauren Yee

Gender : Male

Terry Bolo

Character Name : Pageant Worker (uncredited)

Original Name : Terry Bolo

Gender : Female

George W. Bush

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : George W. Bush

Gender : Male

Reviews

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zombieakacris

@zombieakacris

2021-06-23

"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.

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-14

Alan Arkin might have got the Oscar but it's Greg Kinnear who steals this for me. Talk about a pain in the proverbial! He is "Richard", a rather pompously self-motivated man who is trying to sell his nine point plan for success to "Grossmann" (a fleeting appearance from Bryan Cranston). Meantime, his young daughter "Olive" (Abigail Breslin) is continually practising for the eponymous pageant under the aegis of her foul-mouthed, cocaine-snorting, grandfather (Arkin) and beside her whacky brother "Dwayne" (Paul Dano) who has taken a vow of silence and hates everyone and everything. He just wants to join the air force. There's also a surprise guest in their home. "Uncle Frank" (Steve Carell). Now he's just got out of the ER having tried to kill himself after his student boyfriend dumped him for another Proust-spouting, but wealthier, scholar! At the helm, trying to keep this family from complete self-destruction is "Sheryl" (Toni Collette) and that task becomes distinctly more difficult when young "Oilve" is awarded a spot in the national finals - in California. Dad can't go, mum can't drive, brother couldn't care less - but "Olive" is determined so into a clapped out VW camper-van they all reluctantly pile and off on a mini road trip. This entertainingly addresses plenty of their demons, allows for a little tragedy to galvanise attitudes and ultimately, for me anyway, demonstrates clearly the ghastliness of those hideous ceremonies that stink of precociousness and gushing parental aspiration. The journey on four wheels is as much a metaphor for that being taken by all in their push-start jalopy, and with Kinnear really getting under my fingernails at just about every turn it's a much quirkier and more thought-provoking comedy that leaves very little out of bounds. Collette also looks like she is having some fun as they deliver a pithily delivered script that does entertain (and begs the question: why would she ever have married "Richard" in the first place?). Thank heavens for granddad and his musical tastes. Oh, and his porn, too...!