Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

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Little Miss Sunshine
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Abigail Breslin .... Olive

Greg Kinnear .... Richard

Paul Dano .... Dwayne

Alan Arkin .... Grandpa

Toni Collette .... Sheryl

Steve Carell .... Frank


Directed by
Jonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris

Olive is a little girl with a dream: winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so burdened with their own quirks, neuroses, and problems that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father Richard is a flop as a motivational speaker, and is barely on speaking terms with her mother. Her uncle Frank, a renowned Proust scholar, has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence, which allows him to escape somewhat from the family whose very presence torments him. And Olive's grandfather is a ne'er-do-well with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in far off California.

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I loved this movie. I cracked up, i was sad, I was everything in this movie. Greg Kinnear did a great job. it was funny. and that little girl is cuuuute!

Looks like this movie is getting a wider release, I think that's cool.

And if you haven't seen it, the dance scene at the end is worth it right there.

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I saw this movie and thought it was GREAT!! Steve Carell was, as always, hilarious, and loved him with the weird son. That dance scene definitely made the movie, as did all the awkwardness throughout the film.