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Little Miss Sunshine
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
12 May 1976, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 August 1958, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
30 January 1946
8 January 1989, Denver, Colorado, USA
31 May 1955, Florida, USA
27 March 1982, Newport Beach, California, USA
22 January 1977, Vladimir, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
26 March 1934, New York City, New York, USA
19 December 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 June 1971, Detroit, Michigan, USA
11 March 1965, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
7 March 1956, Hollywood, California, USA
29 October 1982, Marlton, New Jersey, USA
14 April 1996, New York City, New York, USA
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.
April 29, 2009
I loved it, every bit of it.
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.
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.
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.
May 15, 2012
An achingly deliberately madcap family adventure that skates by thinly on the collective charms of its ensemble cast.
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.
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 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.
November 10, 2006
Sunny or dark, comedy should never be as predictable as Little Miss Sunshine.
