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Directors:
Writer (WGA):
Michael Arndt (written by)
Release Date:
18 August 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
Where's Olive? more
Plot:
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 41 wins
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48 nominations
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(369 articles)
DVD: Review:Forrest Gump
(From The AV Club. 17 November 2009, 10:01 PM, PST)
Moon, Star Trek and Sunshine Cleaning | DVD reviews
(From The Guardian - Film News. 14 November 2009, 4:07 PM, PST)
(From The AV Club. 17 November 2009, 10:01 PM, PST)
Moon, Star Trek and Sunshine Cleaning | DVD reviews
(From The Guardian - Film News. 14 November 2009, 4:07 PM, PST)
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A highly enjoyable ensemble road movie - funny stuff
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Abigail Breslin | ... | Olive Hoover |
 | Greg Kinnear | ... | Richard Hoover |
 | Paul Dano | ... | Dwayne |
 | Alan Arkin | ... | Grandpa Edwin Hoover |
 | Toni Collette | ... | Sheryl Hoover |
 | Steve Carell | ... | Frank Ginsberg |
 | Marc Turtletaub | ... | Doctor #1 |
| Jill Talley | ... | Cindy |
 | Brenda Canela | ... | Diner Waitress |
| Julio Oscar Mechoso | ... | Mechanic |
 | Chuck Loring | ... | Convenience Store Proprietor |
 | Justin Shilton | ... | Josh |
| Gordon Thomson | ... | Larry Sugarman |
 | Steven Christopher Parker | ... | Teen Boy #1 |
 | Bryan Cranston | ... | Stan Grossman |
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Rated R for language, some sex and drug content.
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Runtime:
101 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 |
Ireland:15A |
Australia:M |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
USA:R (certificate #42333) |
Finland:K-11 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Netherlands:12 |
Italy:T |
Argentina:13 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Germany:6 |
Sweden:7 |
New Zealand:R13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) |
South Korea:15 |
Malaysia:U (DVD) |
Brazil:14 |
Philippines:R-13 |
Japan:PG-12 |
Chile:TE |
Norway:10 (TV rating) |
Iceland:L
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Continuity: In the scenes following where Dwayne escapes the VW bus and runs downhill into the field, the position of the bus changes. First it is on grass near the edge of the descent, then, in the front shot it is parked neatly at the curb on the roadway. If the VW bus was parked at the curb, then from the low shot taken from Dwayne's position in the field we should not be able to see the lower portion of the wheels, but we do.
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I saw Little Miss Sunshine a week ago at the Sydney Film Festival, and the audience I saw it with loved it. There was a lot of laughter going on - especially at the hilarious ending. And amidst the jokes it deals smartly with it's theme of the value of chasing your dreams and being one of life's 'winners' versus valuing what you already have. Or put another way, it celebrates the joys of losing in a culture obsessed with winning.
I'm not going to go into detail about the plot, as the film hasn't been widely released yet. There are no huge plots twists, but I think you'll have more fun with this film if you don't know exactly where it's going.
As the film started I wasn't so sure about it. All the characters (apart from Toni Colette's perhaps) seemed to be written as being amusingly quirky in a predictable indie-comedy way. But as the movie went on it became easier to warm to them. I think it helped that the actors appeared to be having genuine fun together. These guys don't feel like much of a family at first, and I wondered a couple of times why these people would bother sticking together, but as things progress the strengths of this particular family unit become obvious. And just as all comedies should, it gets funnier as it goes on. I was pleased to see the script stayed true to it's messages all the way to the end, and didn't turn preachy or maudlin. The whole cast work excellently together, and I hope this film has all the success it deserves once it's released.