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Little Miss Sunshine (2006) -- A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) -- Frank and Dwayne talk about what makes life worth living as Olive gets ready for her beauty pageant.
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006) -- A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) -- A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Overview

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Writer (WGA):
Michael Arndt (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 August 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Where's Olive? more
Plot:
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 41 wins & 48 nominations more
User Comments:
The story of a young girl who wants to be in a beauty pageant. more (806 total)

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, some sex and drug content.
Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Chandler, Arizona, USA more

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Trivia:
All of the girls acting as participants in the "Little Miss Sunshine" beauty pageant, except Abigail Breslin, were veterans of real beauty pageants. They wore the same costumes, including hair and makeup, and performed the same talent routines as they had in their real-life pageants. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When they are in the hotel, and you see Dwayne and Frank open the door and enter the main event after being outside on the pier, you see a girl in yellow dancing. A few moments later you see a different girl finishing up with the same song playing. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Richard: There are two kinds of people in this world, winners and losers.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Tu Abandono more

FAQ

What was the mother's dream?
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415 out of 608 people found the following comment useful.
The story of a young girl who wants to be in a beauty pageant., 5 July 2006
10/10
Author: boredhousewife-1 from United States

I went to a screening of this film at Sundance earlier this year, and this is what I wrote about it immediately following:

This was a little less indie, cast-wise, but was jarringly real in a way that Hollywood rarely fosters. The story is of a limply-functional family, whose good leg is dysfunctional, and of the way that their love for each other is solid, somewhere underneath the varying shades of crazy. This film. Oh, this film! I have never laughed harder, and at such true-to-life comedy--nothing silly or goofy or forced or fake about the lines. It felt more like watching a documentary (minus all the familiar faces) and every time the laughter became almost unbearable, a little dash of agony or melancholic sadness was thrown in, and spawned aching tears. I sigh still, thinking of how completely in control of my insides that cast, that writer, that director all were. They owned my ass, and I will love them forever for it.

I can't wait to see it again. Do NOT miss it.

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