Little Miss Sunshine

2006 102 min ★ 7.7 Comedy, Drama

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.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Jonathan Dayton

Tagline

"A family on the verge of a breakdown."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$100,523,351

Production

Big Beach, Bona Fide Productions

Reviews

Z

zombieakacris

November 17, 2019

★ 7/10

"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, St...

C

CinemaSerf

March 14, 2024

★ 7/10

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...