Little Miss Sunshine

Why watch

Starlit Cine editors

• Best for fans of dark family comedy; directed by the husband-and-wife team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.
• It follows a family's 800-mile car trip, with Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and Steve Carell.
• About 1 hour 38 minutes, easy to watch with relatives.

Synopsis

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American tragicomedy film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris from a screenplay written by Michael Arndt. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, all of whom play members of a dysfunctional family taking the youngest (Breslin) to compete in a child beauty pageant. Breslin's breakout performance in the film earned her an Academy Award nomination. The road film tackles themes of family, depression, self-acceptance, and finding meaning in absurd conditions. It was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of US$8 million. Filming began on June 6, 2005, and took place over 30 days in Arizona and Southern California.

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Director & cast

• V

  Valerie Faris

  Director

• J

  Jonathan Dayton

  Director

• G

  Greg Kinnear

• T

  Toni Collette

• S

  Steve Carell

• A

  Alan Arkin

• A

  Abigail Breslin

  Olive Hoover

• P

  Paul Dano

• B

  Bryan Cranston

• M

  Marc Turtletaub