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.
Greg Kinnear
Richard Hoover
Toni Collette
Sheryl Hoover
Steve Carell
Frank Ginsberg
Paul Dano
Dwayne Hoover
Abigail Breslin
Olive Hoover
Alan Arkin
Edwin Hoover
Bryan Cranston
Stan Grossman
Beth Grant
Nancy Jenkins
Wallace Langham
Kirby
Matt Winston
Pageant MC
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Mechanic
Marc Turtletaub
Doctor #1
Jill Talley
Cindy
Brenda Canela
Diner Waitress
Chuck Loring
Convience Store Proprietor
Justin Shilton
Josh
Gordon Thomson
Larry Sugarman
Steven Christopher Parker
Teen Boy #1
John Walcutt
Doctor #2
Paula Newsome
Linda
Dean Norris
State Trooper McCleary
Lauren Shiohama
Miss California
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Pageant Assistant Pam
Jerry Giles
Funeral Home Worker
Geoff Meed
Biker Dad
Joan Scheckel
Judge
Mel Rodriguez
Officer Martinez
Casandra Ashe
Girl in Hallway
Alexandria Alaman
Pageant Contestant
Alissa Anderegg
Pageant Contestant
Brittany Baird
Pageant Contestant
Cambria Baird
Pageant Contestant
Brenae Bandy
Pageant Contestant
Kristen Holaas
Pageant Contestant
Maliah Hudson
Pageant Contestant
Destry Jacobs
Pageant Contestant
Lindsey Jordan
Pageant Contestant
Shane Murphy
Pageant Contestant
Annabelle Roberts
Pageant Contestant
Sydni Stevenson-Love
Pageant Contestant
Nicole Stoehr
Pageant Contestant
Lauren Yee
Pageant Contestant
Terry Bolo
Pageant Worker (uncredited)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Director
Jonathan Dayton
Director
Valerie Faris
Writer
Michael Arndt
November 17, 2019
7
"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.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$8,000,000.00
Revenue:
$100,523,181.00