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Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 7.9
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Metascore: 80/100
Reviews: 853 user | 261 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. Writer:Michael Arndt |
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Cast
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| Abigail Breslin | ... | ||
| Greg Kinnear | ... | ||
| Paul Dano | ... | ||
| Alan Arkin | ... | ||
| Toni Collette | ... | ||
| Steve Carell | ... | ||
| Marc Turtletaub | ... |
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| Jill Talley | ... | ||
| Brenda Canela | ... | ||
| Julio Oscar Mechoso | ... | ||
| Chuck Loring | ... | ||
| Justin Shilton | ... | ||
| Gordon Thomson | ... | ||
| Steven Christopher Parker | ... | ||
| Bryan Cranston | ... | ||
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In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual and expert in Proust, and tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders Sunset Manor and is addicted in heroin. When her seven years old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi), in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and make a dream come true. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Everyone just pretend to be normal See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language, some sex and drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 August 2006 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Pequeña Miss Sunshine See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$665,165 (Australia) (13 October 2006)Gross:
$59,889,948 (USA) (23 March 2007)Company Credits
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Richard: There are two kinds of people in this world, winners and losers.
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The production crew made sure Abigail Breslin really was listening to music in her headphones to keep her from hearing Alan Arkin's profanity-laced scenes. See more »Goofs
When Olive is being escorted from backstage to perform, the girl with the headset on has a clipboard when she approaches Olive, but when she is walking Olive down the corridor, the clipboard disappears and reappears as they get near the performance stage. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Richard: There are two kinds of people in this world, winners and losers.
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It's funny...go see it!
I'm really picky about films and this actually was original and humorous...smart and well acted. Unique.
Just go see it when it comes out. A few people I saw it with said it might be one of the best movies of the year. I completely agree with them. At first it seemed like the movie wasn't going to be funny at all...I mean can a mute and a suicidal man make a comedy? Yes they can!
It got funnier as it went along. I laughed so much I got tears in my eyes during the last dance scene.
The whole cast was great, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell playing really serious at first...when I went into the movie, I thought it was a drama at first...Steve Carell was what brought me to the film in the first place...and Alan Arkin is funny in anything he does...I don't want to say much about this film...I want people to go to it and be surprised...