Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

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When a pudgy, bespectacled seven-year-old, Olive (Abigail Breslin), 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 in former music video directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' quirky feature debut, starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, and Toni Collette. Despite early career success as an outspoken motivational speaker, family patriarch Richard (Kinnear) continues to cling to his "Refuse to Lose" philosophy, much to the chagrin of his increasingly annoyed spouse, Sheryl (Collette). Add into the mix a Nietzsche-reading teenage son (Paul Dano) who has taken a vow of silence until he finds his fate as a fighter pilot; a horny, heroin-happy grandfather (Alan Arkin) with a penchant for creative profanity; and a suicidal genius (Carell) and Proust scholar still reeling about losing both his male lover and his MacArthur Foundation genius grant -- and the stage is set for a road trip in which sanity is sure to take the back seat. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Theatrical Feature Running Time:

103 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton

Writer(s):

Michael Arndt

Producer(s):

Marc Turtletaub, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

R(Drug Content, Profanity, Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations)

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• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - American Film Institute - Best Picture
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Original Screenplay
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Supporting Actor
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Ensemble Acting
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Young Actor
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Screenplay
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Young Actress
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Screenplay
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Picture
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Supporting Actor
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Kansas City Film Critics Association - Best Original Screenplay
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Las Vegas Film Critics Association - Youth in Film Award
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - New Generation Award
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - New Generation Award
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - New Generation Award
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Screenplay (Runner-up)
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - New York Film Critics Online - Best Directorial Debut
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - New York Film Critics Online - Best Directorial Debut
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - New York Film Critics Online - Best Ensemble Cast
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Oklahoma Film Critics Circle - Best First Film
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Oklahoma Film Critics Circle - Best First Film
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Online Film Critics Association - Breakthrough Filmmaker
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Online Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actress
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Online Film Critics Association - Breakthrough Filmmaker
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Phoenix Film Critics Association - Best Original Screenplay
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Phoenix Film Critics Association - Best Female Youth Performer
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Phoenix Film Critics Association - Best Ensemble Acting
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Producers Guild of America - Producer of the Year
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Producers Guild of America - Producer of the Year
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Producers Guild of America - Producer of the Year
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Producers Guild of America - Producer of the Year
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Producers Guild of America - Producer of the Year
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Screen Actors Guild - Best Ensemble Acting
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Southeastern Film Critics Association - Best Original Screenplay
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Southeastern Film Critics Circle - Best Original Screenplay
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Washington D.C. Film Critics Association - Best Original Screenplay
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Washington D.C. Film Critics Association - Best Ensemble Cast
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Women Film Critics Circle - Best Young Actress
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Women Film Critics Circle - Best Picture by a Woman
• 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Writers Guild of America - Best Original Screenplay