Number of Discs
1
Certificate
15
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Composer
Mychael Danna
Costume Designer
Nancy Steiner
Sound source
Dolby Digital 5.1
Director of Photography
Tim Suhrstedt
Consumer Advice
Contains strong language and drug use
Hearing Impaired
English
Production Designer
Kalina Ivanov
Awards
Best Actor In A Supporting Role 2007 - Alan Arkin, Best Direction 2007 - Valerie Faris, Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 2007 - Michael Arndt, Best Supporting Actor 2007 - Alan Arkin, Best Supporting Actress 2007 - Toni Collette, Best Screenplay (Original) 2007 - Michael Arndt
Additional Information
Picked up after a well-received showing at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is a low-budget comedy about a family road trip from Albuquerque to California. The story begins when young Olive (Abigail Breslin) is given a shot at the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, and manages to coerce her family into driving west in their worn-down VW van. Olive's father Richard (Greg Kinnear) heads up the trip, while mother Sheryl (Toni Collette), brother Dwayne (Paul Dano), uncle Frank (Steve Carell), and grandfather (Alan Arkin) all come along for the ride. What follows resembles a modestly-budgeted version of PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES: seemingly endless--and hilarious--mishaps befall the family as they wind their way across the country. Couple this with the witty interplay between a well-drawn set of dysfunctional characters, and that's the LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE formula in a nutshell; all the audience needs to do is sit back and enjoy the ride. The grainy texture of co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris's film may initially startle viewers unaccustomed to the indie film world but it's a testament to the cast and crew's efforts that the limitations imposed on the filmmakers are long forgotten by the end of the film. Any concerns about visual murkiness give way to belly laughs and bemusement as the road trip ends and the beauty pageant begins. Likely to have a broad appeal, Dayton and Faris' film resembles a version of NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION directed with the pithy eye of Todd Solondz (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE), and it's to the movie's credit that it manages to successfully marry these two seemingly disparate worlds.
Reviews
Daily Mail - The funniest comedy of the year by many a mile, Sunday Times - Once in a while, a film turns up that has something really special. Little Miss Sunshine is exactly that, The Sun - Hilarious, straight from the heart and totally unmissable
Screenwriter
Michael Arndt
Music
Susan Jacobs
Editor
Pamela Martin
Movie/TV Title
Little Miss Sunshine
