Little Miss Sunshine
starring: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano
directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
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Despite their individual problems and disappointments, the Hoovers decide to support young daughter Olive's dream of competing in a California beauty pageant.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: KINNEAR/ARKIN
Title: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Street Release Date: 03/06/2007
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Genre: COMEDY VIDEO
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Pile together a blue-ribbon cast, a screenplay high in quirkiness, and the Sundance stamp of approval, and you've got yourself a crossover indie hit. That formula worked for Little Miss Sunshine, a frequently hilarious study of family dysfunction. Meet the Hoovers, an Albuquerque clan riddled with depression, hostility, and the tattered remnants of the American Dream; despite their flakiness, they manage to pile into a VW van for a weekend trek to L.A. in order to get moppet daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin) into the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Much of the pleasure of this journey comes from watching some skillful comic actors doing their thing: Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette as the parents (he's hoping to become a self-help authority), Alan Arkin as a grandfather all too willing to give uproariously inappropriate advice to a sullen teenage grandson (Paul Dano), and a subdued Steve Carell as a jilted gay professor on the verge of suicide. The film is a crowd-pleaser, and if anything is a little too eager to bend itself in the direction of quirk-loving Sundance audiences; it can feel forced. But the breezy momentum and the ingenious actors help push the material over any bumps in the road.-- Robert Horton
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Despite their individual problems and disappointments, the Hoovers decide to support young daughter Olive's dream of competing in a California beauty pageant.
No Track Information Available
Media Type: DVD
Artist: KINNEAR/ARKIN
Title: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Street Release Date: 03/06/2007
Genre: COMEDY VIDEO
Amazon.com:
Pile together a blue-ribbon cast, a screenplay high in quirkiness, and the Sundance stamp of approval, and you've got yourself a crossover indie hit. That formula worked for Little Miss Sunshine, a frequently hilarious study of family dysfunction. Meet the Hoovers, an Albuquerque clan riddled with depression, hostility, and the tattered remnants of the American Dream; despite their flakiness, they manage to pile into a VW van for a weekend trek to L.A. in order to get moppet daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin) into the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Much of the pleasure of this journey comes from watching some skillful comic actors doing their thing: Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette as the parents (he's hoping to become a self-help authority), Alan Arkin as a grandfather all too willing to give uproariously inappropriate advice to a sullen teenage grandson (Paul Dano), and a subdued Steve Carell as a jilted gay professor on the verge of suicide. The film is a crowd-pleaser, and if anything is a little too eager to bend itself in the direction of quirk-loving Sundance audiences; it can feel forced. But the breezy momentum and the ingenious actors help push the material over any bumps in the road.-- Robert Horton
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Rating: - Zaney Movie, Unfortunate Ending
I had no idea what to expect from "Little Miss Sunshine" but I knew that it was nominated for "Best Picture" so it must have had something going for it.I caught on quickly that this is not your ordinary movie and I soon realized that anything could happen.This is a story of a hopelessly dysfunctional family whose many seperate parts find a most unusal way of coming together.You can see it coming and it really becomes rather impressive to watch.However, this film disappointed me in how it ... Read More
Rating: - Ode To Familial Dysfunction
A question:What do you get when you mix a father who happens to be a self-help guru wannabe (Greg Kinnear); a foul-mouthed, lascivious (yet well meaning) grandfather (Alan Arkin); a sullen, rebellious teenager who refuses to speak (Paul Dano); a despondent, suicidal brother (Steve Carell); a cherubic, enthusiastic, young daughter (Abigail Breslin); and a frazzled mother trying to hold it all together (Toni Collette)?Pick the daughter as a last-minute contestant for a preteen pageant hundreds ... Read More
Rating: 
- A feel good movie
A great movie that starts off depressing and ends with a burst.A few F words, so it would be a problem to watch as a family with young children the same age as the girl in the movie who is made to cover her ears.
Rating: 
- 9 hellish steps to redemption
This is a funny and touching movie with a sharply observed script and fine performances from all the cast. Although deceptively slight on plot there is plenty to enjoy during the insanely hapless road trip and the excruciating beauty pageant. And the journey is, of course, a cathartic one for all concerned. My only criticisms are that the quirkiness of the characters is a little clichéd and the ending a little too self-consciously feel-good. But these small faults detract little from its overall ... Read More
Rating: - We All Live In A Yellow VW Van
A refreshing corrective to our American fetish with "Facing the Giants" and winning. As one reviewer insightfully stated: this movie really is about a family of losers who learn the most valuable lesson of all: winning ISN'T everything---it isn't even important. There are no "nine steps" to success or "eight steps" to peace with God. God and Life and Families are not systems we program for success, but Blessings we commit to---for better or for worse. We may not defeat the giants, figure out the correct ... Read More
- Zaney Movie, Unfortunate EndingI had no idea what to expect from "Little Miss Sunshine" but I knew that it was nominated for "Best Picture" so it must have had something going for it.I caught on quickly that this is not your ordinary movie and I soon realized that anything could happen.This is a story of a hopelessly dysfunctional family whose many seperate parts find a most unusal way of coming together.You can see it coming and it really becomes rather impressive to watch.However, this film disappointed me in how it ... Read More
- Ode To Familial DysfunctionA question:What do you get when you mix a father who happens to be a self-help guru wannabe (Greg Kinnear); a foul-mouthed, lascivious (yet well meaning) grandfather (Alan Arkin); a sullen, rebellious teenager who refuses to speak (Paul Dano); a despondent, suicidal brother (Steve Carell); a cherubic, enthusiastic, young daughter (Abigail Breslin); and a frazzled mother trying to hold it all together (Toni Collette)?Pick the daughter as a last-minute contestant for a preteen pageant hundreds ... Read More
- A feel good movieA great movie that starts off depressing and ends with a burst.A few F words, so it would be a problem to watch as a family with young children the same age as the girl in the movie who is made to cover her ears.
- 9 hellish steps to redemptionThis is a funny and touching movie with a sharply observed script and fine performances from all the cast. Although deceptively slight on plot there is plenty to enjoy during the insanely hapless road trip and the excruciating beauty pageant. And the journey is, of course, a cathartic one for all concerned. My only criticisms are that the quirkiness of the characters is a little clichéd and the ending a little too self-consciously feel-good. But these small faults detract little from its overall ... Read More
- We All Live In A Yellow VW VanA refreshing corrective to our American fetish with "Facing the Giants" and winning. As one reviewer insightfully stated: this movie really is about a family of losers who learn the most valuable lesson of all: winning ISN'T everything---it isn't even important. There are no "nine steps" to success or "eight steps" to peace with God. God and Life and Families are not systems we program for success, but Blessings we commit to---for better or for worse. We may not defeat the giants, figure out the correct ... Read More
