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Little Miss Sunshine
Seven-year-old, Olive Hoover, voices her desire to take home the coveted Little Miss Sunshine crown at an upcoming beauty pageant, her wildly dysfunctional family sets out on an interstate road trip to ensure her a clear shot at realizing her dreams
19 December 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 February 1970
31 May 1955, Florida, USA
27 March 1982, Newport Beach, California, USA
1 November 1972, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
17 July 1998, Redlands, California, USA
11 March 1965, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
12 May 1976, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 January 1977, Vladimir, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
May 15, 2012
An achingly deliberately madcap family adventure that skates by thinly on the collective charms of its ensemble cast.September 19, 2009
Harmless enough as passable road movies go, but I can't help but wish directors of films like these would grow some damn balls.September 23, 2006
For a movie generated from the Amerindie algorithm of family dysfunction, road-trip catharsis and studied quirk, this dark-edged ensemble comedy often borders on the loveable.August 04, 2013
Sentimental low points and contrived idiosyncrasies aside, Little Miss Sunshine still boasts wonderful performances, a cheeky sense of humor and an original story.April 29, 2009
I loved it, every bit of it.November 10, 2006
Sunny or dark, comedy should never be as predictable as Little Miss Sunshine.October 01, 2009
While the screenplay is impressive and deserving of its recognition, it is Alan Arkin's performance-of-a-lifetime that separates this from other well-written small movies.August 18, 2006
Hilarious, profane and as much fun as you are going to have in a theater this summer.November 10, 2006
... a scrappy human comedy that takes an honest path to laughs and is twice as funny and touching for it.February 03, 2007
All indie-movie families may start out unhappy in their own way, but by the time the final credits roll, everyone remains complacent, confident of their brood's superiority.November 10, 2006
... this isn't much more than a glorified sitcom, but it deftly dramatizes our conflicting desires for individuality and an audience to applaud it.