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writer= [[Michael Arndt]] |
writer= [[Michael Arndt]] |
starring=[[Greg Kinnear]]<br/>[[Toni Collette]]<br/>[[Steve Carell]]<br/>[[Abigail Breslin]]<br/>[[Alan Arkin]]<br/>[[Paul Dano]] |
starring=[[Greg Kinnear]]<br/>[[Toni Collette]]<br/>[[Steve Carell]]<br/>[[Abigail Breslin]]<br/>[[Alan Arkin]]<br/>[[Paul Dano]] |
producer=[[Marc Turtletaub]]<br/>[[Peter Saraf]]<br/>[[Albert Berger]]<br/>[[Ron Yerxa]]<br/>[[David Friendly]]<br/>[[Michael Beugg|Michael Beugg (executive)]]<br>[[Jeb Brody|Jeb Brody (executive)]] |
producer=[[Marc Turtletaub]]<br/>[[Peter Saraf]]<br/>[[Albert Berger]]<br/>[[Ron Yerxa]]<br/>[[David Friendly]]<br/>[[Michael Beugg]] (executive)<br>[[Jeb Brody]] (executive) |
distributor= [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] |
distributor= [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] |
released= [[August 18]], [[2006]] |
released= [[August 18]], [[2006]] |
runtime= 103 min.|
runtime= 103 min.|
country= [[Cinema of the United States|United States]] |
language= English |
language= English |
budget= US$8 million<ref name="boxofficemojo"/> |
budget= [[United States dollar|US$]]8 million<ref name="boxofficemojo"/> |
website= http://www.foxsearchlight.com/littlemisssunshine2/ |
website= http://www.foxsearchlight.com/littlemisssunshine2/ |
amg_id= 1:335018 |
amg_id= 1:335018 |
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'''''Little Miss Sunshine''''' is an [[Academy Award]] winning dramatic comedy [[Road movie|film about a family's road trip]] to a children's beauty pageant. The film was directed by the husband-wife team of [[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]] and was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of $8 million.<ref name="boxofficemojo">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=littlemisssunshine.htm |title= Little Miss Sunshine at Box Office Mojo|accessdate=2006-12-27}}</ref> Its distribution rights were bought by [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] for $10 million,<ref>{{cite news | title=Some cold, hard facts from Sundance | last=Thompson | first=Anne | publisher=Reuters/Hollywood Reporter on Yahoo! News Singapore website | date=2006-01-27 | url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/060127/3/3y8oo.html | accessdate=2007-04-16}}</ref>, reportedly one of the biggest deals ever made in the history of the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>Senh Duong, ''Rotten Tomatoes, [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=284211 SUNDANCE: Searchlight Spends Big For “Little Miss Sunshine”], [[January 21]], [[2006]]. Retrieved [[2006-11-17]].</ref>
'''''Little Miss Sunshine''''' is an [[Academy Award]] winning dramatic comedy [[Road movie|film about a family's road trip]] to a children's beauty pageant. The film was directed by the husband-wife team of [[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]] and was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of [[United States dollar|US$]]8 million.<ref name="boxofficemojo">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=littlemisssunshine.htm |title= Little Miss Sunshine at Box Office Mojo|accessdate=2006-12-27}}</ref> Its distribution rights were bought by [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] for $10 million,<ref>{{cite news | title=Some cold, hard facts from Sundance | last=Thompson | first=Anne | publisher=Reuters/Hollywood Reporter on Yahoo! News Singapore website | date=2006-01-27 | url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/060127/3/3y8oo.html | accessdate=2007-04-16}}</ref> reportedly one of the biggest deals ever made in the history of the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>Senh Duong, ''Rotten Tomatoes, [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=284211 SUNDANCE: Searchlight Spends Big For “Little Miss Sunshine”], [[January 21]], [[2006]]. Retrieved [[2006-11-17]].</ref>

The movie was released in the United States on [[August 18]], [[2006]],<ref> [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=littlemisssunshine.htm Box Office Mojo Broken link], as of [[2006-11-17]].</ref> and had its continental European premiere on [[August 12]], [[2006]] at the 2006 [[Locarno International Film Festival]].<ref> {{cite web | work=hollywoodreporter.com | title=Locarno opens with low-key launch | author=Eric J. Lyman | date=2006-08-03 | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002949723 | accessdate=2007-04-11}}</ref>
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], and won two: [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] for [[Michael Arndt]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for [[Alan Arkin]]. It also won the [[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] for Best Feature.
The movie was released in the United States on [[August 18]], [[2006]],<ref> [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=littlemisssunshine.htm Box Office Mojo Broken link], as of [[2006-11-17]].</ref> and had its continental European premiere on [[August 12]], [[2006]] at the 2006 [[Locarno International Film Festival]].<ref> {{cite web | work=hollywoodreporter.com | title=Locarno opens with low-key launch | author=Eric J. Lyman | date=2006-08-03 | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002949723 | accessdate=2007-04-11}}</ref> The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], and won two: [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] for [[Michael Arndt]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for [[Alan Arkin]]. It also won the [[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] for Best Feature.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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Family tensions play out on the highway and at stops along the way, amidst the aging VW van's mechanical problems. When the van breaks down early on, they learn that they must push the van until it is moving at about 20 mph before it is put into gear, at which point they have to run up to the side door and jump in. Later, the van's horn malfunctions and begins honking continuously. The family suffers setbacks: Richard loses a big deal that would have jump-started his motivational technique business; Frank, in a convenience store buying [[pornography]] at Edwin's request, encounters the ex-boyfriend whose actions had prompted his suicide attempt; Edwin dies from a [[heroin overdose]] during the family's stay at a motel; they smuggle the body out of the hospital and take it illegally to California because they are in a hurry and they are not allowed to leave it behind for a while. Dwayne discovers that he is [[color blindness|color-blind]], which means he cannot become a pilot (a realization that prompts him to break his silence); and Sheryl's obsessive manner impels her to attempt to keep everyone, including herself, calm and sane.
Family tensions play out on the highway and at stops along the way, amidst the aging VW van's mechanical problems. When the van breaks down early on, they learn that they must push the van until it is moving at about 20 mph before it is put into gear, at which point they have to run up to the side door and jump in. Later, the van's horn malfunctions and begins honking continuously. The family suffers setbacks: Richard loses a big deal that would have jump-started his motivational technique business; Frank, in a convenience store buying [[pornography]] at Edwin's request, encounters the ex-boyfriend whose actions had prompted his suicide attempt; Edwin dies from a [[heroin overdose]] during the family's stay at a motel; they smuggle the body out of the hospital and take it illegally to California because they are in a hurry and they are not allowed to leave it behind for a while. Dwayne discovers that he is [[color blindness|color-blind]], which means he cannot become a pilot (a realization that prompts him to break his silence); and Sheryl's obsessive manner impels her to attempt to keep everyone, including herself, calm and sane.


The [[climax]] takes place at the pageant, which features young hypersexualized girls with teased hair and capped teeth, wearing adult-like swimsuits and evening wear and performing elaborate dance numbers. Olive, untrained in beauty pageant conventions, is evidently out of place. Recognizing that Olive is a [[fish out of water]] whose feelings could really get hurt, the family considers withdrawing her from the competition; Sheryl nevertheless insists that they have to "let Olive be Olive" and participate.
The [[climax]] takes place at the pageant, which features young hypersexualized girls with teased hair and capped teeth, wearing adult-like swimsuits and evening wear, and performing elaborate dance numbers. Olive, untrained in beauty pageant conventions, is evidently out of place. Recognizing that Olive is a [[fish out of water]] whose feelings could really get hurt, the family considers withdrawing her from the competition; Sheryl nevertheless insists that they have to "let Olive be Olive" and participate.

In the talent portion of the pageant, the hitherto-unrevealed dance that Grandpa Edwin had [[Choreography|choreographed]] for his granddaughter is revealed: To the tune of [[Rick James]]' "[[Super Freak]]," Olive scandalizes and horrifies almost all of the audience and pageant judges with a [[burlesque]] performance that she joyfully performs, as oblivious to the [[subtext]] behind the dance as the other contestants were to the provocative costumes and heavy makeup they were wearing.


When the pageant director approaches Sheryl and Richard to insist on the immediate removal of Olive from the stage, they, along with Frank and Dwayne, instead join Olive on the stage and dance alongside her.
In the talent portion of the pageant, the hitherto-unrevealed dance that Grandpa Edwin had [[Choreography|choreographed]] for his granddaughter is revealed: To the tune of [[Rick James]]' "[[Super Freak]]," Olive scandalizes and horrifies almost all of the audience and pageant judges with a [[burlesque]] performance that she joyfully performs, as oblivious to the [[subtext]] behind the dance as the other contestants were to the provocative costumes and heavy makeup they were wearing. When the pageant director approaches Sheryl and Richard to insist on the immediate removal of Olive from the stage, they, along with Frank and Dwayne, instead join Olive on the stage and dance alongside her.


The family is next seen outside the hotel's security office. They are free to go on condition that Olive never take part in a beauty pageant in California ever again. They pile into the van and, with the horn still honking, smash through the barrier of a toll booth that the pageant official had stopped at, laughing together as they go. The movie cuts to black with the horn, still broken, sounding as the family heads back to their home in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]].
The family is next seen outside the hotel's security office. They are free to go on condition that Olive never take part in a beauty pageant in California ever again. They pile into the van and, with the horn still honking, smash through the barrier of a toll booth that the pageant official had stopped at, laughing together as they go. The movie cuts to black with the horn, still broken, sounding as the family heads back to their home in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]].
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*Jerry Giles as Funeral home worker
*Jerry Giles as Funeral home worker
*[[Matt Winston]] as Pageant M.C.
*[[Matt Winston]] as Pageant M.C.

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==Production information==
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* The film was originally written as an East Coast road trip movie from [[Maryland]] to [[Florida]], it was shifted to a journey from [[New Mexico]] to [[California]] due to shooting issues.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
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* Although the role of the suicidal uncle was originally written for [[Bill Murray]],{{Fact|date=June 2007}} and there was studio pressure for [[Robin Williams]],{{Fact|date=June 2007}} the part eventually went to [[Steve Carell]].
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* The script was purchased from first-time screenwriter Michael Arndt for only $250,000.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
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* Although known to [[Comedy Central]] viewers for many years as a correspondent on the highly-rated satirical news program ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'', [[Steve Carell]], at the time he was cast for ''Little Miss Sunshine'', was a relative unknown in Hollywood. According to an article in ''Entertainment Weekly'',<ref>[[Entertainment Weekly]], [http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1222576-4-4_1||233612|1_,00.html ''"Why everyone's buzzing about 'Little Miss Sunshine'"''] [[August 3]], [[2006]]. Retrieved [[November 18]], [[2006]].</ref> the producers of the film worried that he wasn't a big enough star and didn't have much acting experience. However, between the time the film was shot (summer 2005) and its release a year later, Carell became a huge success as the star of the high-grossing film ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' and the [[Michael Scott (The Office)|leading character]] of the popular television series ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]''.
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* All the girls acting as participants in the beauty pageant, except [[Abigail Breslin]], were veterans of real beauty pageants. They looked the same and performed the same acts as they had in their real-life pageants.<ref>Kim Voynar, [http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=1897 ''"Interview with 'Little Miss Sunshine' Directors Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton"''], last updated [[2006-09-12]]. Retrieved [[November 18]], [[2006]].</ref>
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* During the scenes in the van in which Alan Arkin's character was swearing excessively, Abigail had her headphones on and could not hear the lines. When she took her headphones off and asked what they were talking about, Arkin says "politics." Only when she saw the movie did she know what was being said.<ref>[http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0607193 INTERVIEW: Alan Arkin and Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine"] CineCon.com</ref>
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* Rebecca Annitto, the niece of producer [[Peter Saraf]] and an extra in scenes set in the diner and the convenience store, was killed in a car accident on [[September 14]], [[2005]].<ref>[http://sos.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Rebecca+Annitto SOS - Service Opportunities for Students: Rebecca Annitto], (her family and friends established an XWiki site to complete her wish of a Web site dedicated for helping teens to be volunteers), from www.sosprinceton.org</ref> The film was dedicated to her.


==Score and soundtrack==
==Score and soundtrack==
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The [[soundtrack]] also contains two songs by [[Sufjan Stevens]] ("[[The Avalanche#Track listing|No Man's Land]]" and "[[Illinois (album)#Track listing|Chicago]]"), and songs by [[Tony Tisdale]] ("[[Catwalkin']]"), and [[Rick James]] ("[[Super Freak]]").<ref>{{allmusicguide | id=10:axfixqwdldte | label= ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (Original Soundtrack)}}</ref> According to one of the film's DVD commentary tracks (the one including writer Michael Arndt), "Super Freak", the [[Diegesis#Diegesis in film|source music]] danced to by Olive during the "Little Miss Sunshine" talent competition, was introduced during [[post-production]]. Arndt's screenplay had called for Prince's song "[[Peach (song)|Peach]]"; during filming, the ZZ Top song "[[Gimme All Your Lovin']]" was used.
The [[soundtrack]] also contains two songs by [[Sufjan Stevens]] ("[[The Avalanche#Track listing|No Man's Land]]" and "[[Illinois (album)#Track listing|Chicago]]"), and songs by [[Tony Tisdale]] ("[[Catwalkin']]"), and [[Rick James]] ("[[Super Freak]]").<ref>{{allmusicguide | id=10:axfixqwdldte | label= ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (Original Soundtrack)}}</ref> According to one of the film's DVD commentary tracks (the one including writer Michael Arndt), "Super Freak", the [[Diegesis#Diegesis in film|source music]] danced to by Olive during the "Little Miss Sunshine" talent competition, was introduced during [[post-production]]. Arndt's screenplay had called for Prince's song "[[Peach (song)|Peach]]"; during filming, the ZZ Top song "[[Gimme All Your Lovin']]" was used.


The ''Little Miss Sunshine'' score was not eligible for Academy Award consideration due to the percentage of material derived from already written DeVotchKa songs{{Fact|date=June 2007}}. The DeVotchka song "Til the End of Time" did receive a nomination for a [[Satellite Awards 2006|2006 Satellite Award]] as Best Original Song.<ref>[http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/ipa-sa-nominees.html The 11th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards Nominees] from the [[International Press Academy]] website</ref>
The ''Little Miss Sunshine'' score was not eligible for Academy Award consideration due to the percentage of material derived from already written DeVotchKa songs.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} The DeVotchka song "Til the End of Time" did receive a nomination for a [[Satellite Awards 2006|2006 Satellite Award]] as Best Original Song.<ref>[http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/ipa-sa-nominees.html The 11th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards Nominees] from the [[International Press Academy]] website</ref>


Two additional songs in the movie were written by Gordon Pogoda - "Let It Go" and "You've Got Me Dancing" (the latter of which he co-wrote with Barry Upton), which are featured during the pageant scenes near the end of the film.
Two additional songs in the movie that were written by Gordon Pogoda &mdash; "Let It Go" and "You've Got Me Dancing" (the latter of which he co-wrote with Barry Upton) &mdash; are featured during the pageant scenes near the end of the film.


==Box office==
==Box office==
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[[Michael Medved]] gave ''Little Miss Sunshine'' four stars (out of four) saying that "…this startling and irresistible dark comedy counts as one of the very best films of the year…" and that directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the movie itself, and actors Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, and Steve Carell deserve [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelmedved.com/pg/jsp/eot/review.jsp?pid=3049|author=[[Michael Medved]]|title="Little Miss Sunshine"|accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref>
[[Michael Medved]] gave ''Little Miss Sunshine'' four stars (out of four) saying that "…this startling and irresistible dark comedy counts as one of the very best films of the year…" and that directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the movie itself, and actors Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, and Steve Carell deserve [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelmedved.com/pg/jsp/eot/review.jsp?pid=3049|author=[[Michael Medved]]|title="Little Miss Sunshine"|accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref>


[[Joel Siegel]] gave ''Little Miss Sunshine'' a rarely-awarded 'A' rating, saying that "[[Orson Welles]] would have to come back to life for this not to make my year-end Top 10 list."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/JoelSiegel/story?id=2245032|title=Joel Siegel's Hollywood|author=[[Joel Siegel]]|date=[[July 27]], [[2006]]|accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref> Breslin's depiction of Olive Hoover has also moved many critics, with [[USA Today]]'s Claudia Puig saying, "If Olive had been played by any other little girl, she would not have affected us as mightily as it did." <ref name="USAToday1"> {{cite web | work=USAToday.com | title=These kids are golden | author=Claudia Puig |url=http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20061222/wk_oscarkids22.art.htm | accessdate=2007-04-11}}</ref>
[[Joel Siegel]] gave ''Little Miss Sunshine'' a rarely-awarded 'A' rating, saying that "[[Orson Welles]] would have to come back to life for this not to make my year-end Top 10 list."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/JoelSiegel/story?id=2245032|title=Joel Siegel's Hollywood|author=[[Joel Siegel]]|date=[[July 27]], [[2006]]|accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref> Breslin's depiction of Olive Hoover has also moved many critics, with [[USA Today]]'s Claudia Puig saying, "If Olive had been played by any other little girl, she would not have affected us as mightily as it did."<ref name="USAToday1"> {{cite web | work=USAToday.com | title=These kids are golden | author=Claudia Puig |url=http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20061222/wk_oscarkids22.art.htm | accessdate=2007-04-11}}</ref>


[[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a C rating, calling the characters "walking, talking catalogs of screenwriter index-card data."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1219240,00.html|title=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|author=[[Owen Gleiberman]]|date=[[July 26]], [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-01-18}}</ref> Jim Ridley of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' called the movie a "rickety vehicle that travels mostly downhill" and a "Sundance clunker."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0630,ridley,73965,20.html|title=[[The Village Voice]]|author=Jim Ridley|date=[[July 25]], [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-01-18}}</ref>
[[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a C rating, calling the characters "walking, talking catalogs of screenwriter index-card data."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1219240,00.html|title=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|author=[[Owen Gleiberman]]|date=[[July 26]], [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-01-18}}</ref> Jim Ridley of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' called the movie a "rickety vehicle that travels mostly downhill" and a "Sundance clunker."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0630,ridley,73965,20.html|title=[[The Village Voice]]|author=Jim Ridley|date=[[July 25]], [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-01-18}}</ref>
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*[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Broadcast Film Critics]]:
*[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Broadcast Film Critics]]:
**Best Ensemble Cast
**Best Ensemble Cast
***[[Greg Kinnear]], [[Steve Carell]], [[Toni Collette]], [[Paul Dano]], [[Abigail Breslin]] and [[Alan Arkin]]
***[[Greg Kinnear]], [[Steve Carell]], [[Toni Collette]], [[Paul Dano]], [[Abigail Breslin]] and Alan Arkin
**Best Screenplay ([[Michael Arndt]])
**Best Screenplay ([[Michael Arndt]])
**Best Young Actor ([[Paul Dano]])
**Best Young Actor (Paul Dano)
**Best Young Actress ([[Abigail Breslin]])
**Best Young Actress (Abigail Breslin)
*[[BAFTA Awards]]:
*[[BAFTA Awards]]:
**Best Screenplay, Original ([[Michael Arndt]])
**Best Screenplay, Original ([[Michael Arndt]])
**Best Actor in a Supporting Role ([[Alan Arkin]])
**Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Alan Arkin)
*[[2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild (SAG)]]:
*[[2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild (SAG)]]:
**Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
**Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
***[[Greg Kinnear]], [[Steve Carell]], [[Toni Collette]], [[Paul Dano]], [[Abigail Breslin]] and [[Alan Arkin]]
***Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin and Alan Arkin
*[[Writers Guild of America Awards 2006|Writers Guild of America (WGA)]]:
*[[Writers Guild of America Awards 2006|Writers Guild of America (WGA)]]:
**Original Screenplay ([[Michael Arndt]])
**Original Screenplay (Michael Arndt)
*[[GLAAD Media Awards]]
*[[GLAAD Media Awards]]
**Outstanding Film - Wide Release
**Outstanding Film - Wide Release
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**Best Feature
**Best Feature
**Best Director ([[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]])
**Best Director ([[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]])
**Best First Screenplay ([[Michael Arndt]])
**Best First Screenplay (Michael Arndt)
**Best Supporting Male ([[Alan Arkin]])
**Best Supporting Male (Alan Arkin)
*[[Deauville Film Festival]]:
*[[Deauville Film Festival]]:
**Grand Special Prize
**Grand Special Prize
*[[Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics]]:
*[[Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics]]:
**Best Screenplay ([[Michael Arndt]])
**Best Screenplay (Michael Arndt)
*[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Los Angeles Film Critics]]:
*[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Los Angeles Film Critics]]:
**New Generation Award - Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris and Michael Arndt
**New Generation Award - Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris and Michael Arndt
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*[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics]]:
*[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics]]:
**Best Ensemble Cast
**Best Ensemble Cast
***[[Greg Kinnear]], [[Steve Carell]], [[Toni Collette]], [[Paul Dano]], [[Abigail Breslin]] and [[Alan Arkin]]
***Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin and Alan Arkin
**Best Screenplay - Original (Michael Arndt)
**Best Screenplay - Original (Michael Arndt)
* [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2006|Vancouver Film Critics]]:
* [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2006|Vancouver Film Critics]]:
**Best Supporting Actor ([[Alan Arkin]])
**Best Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin)
* [[Tokyo International Film Festival]]
* [[Tokyo International Film Festival]]
**Best Director ([[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]])
**Best Director (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
**Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture ([[Abigail Breslin]])
**Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Abigail Breslin)
* [[Tokyo International Film Festival]]:
* [[Tokyo International Film Festival]]:
**Audience Award
**Audience Award
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**Chairman's Vanguard Award
**Chairman's Vanguard Award
*[[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2006|Online Film Critics]]:
*[[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2006|Online Film Critics]]:
**Best Supporting Actress ([[Abigail Breslin]])
**Best Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin)
**Breakthrough Filmmaker ([[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]])
**Breakthrough Filmmaker (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
*[[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2006|St. Louis Gateway Film Critics]]:
*[[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2006|St. Louis Gateway Film Critics]]:
**Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
**Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
*[[Iowa Film Critics Awards 2006|Iowa Film Critics]]:
*[[Iowa Film Critics Awards 2006|Iowa Film Critics]]:
**Best Supporting Actress ([[Abigail Breslin]])
**Best Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin)
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{{col-2}}
===Nominations===
===Nominations===
* [[MTV Movie Awards]] &mdash; Best Movie
* [[MTV Movie Awards]] &mdash; Best Movie
* MTV Movie Awards &mdash; Breakthrough Performance - [[Abigail Breslin]]
* MTV Movie Awards &mdash; Breakthrough Performance - Abigail Breslin
* [[Academy Awards]] &mdash; Best Picture
* [[Academy Awards]] &mdash; Best Picture
* Academy Awards &mdash; Best Supporting Actress - [[Abigail Breslin]];
* Academy Awards &mdash; Best Supporting Actress - [bigail Breslin;
* [[Golden Globe]] &mdash; Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy;
* [[Golden Globe]] &mdash; Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy;
* Golden Globe &mdash; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - [[Toni Collette]];
* Golden Globe &mdash; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Toni Collette;
* [[Directors Guild of America Awards]] &mdash; Oustanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures - [[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]];
* [[Directors Guild of America Awards]] &mdash; Oustanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris;
* [[BAFTA Awards]] &mdash; Best Picture;
* [[BAFTA Awards]] &mdash; Best Picture;
* BAFTA Awards &mdash; Best Director - [[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]];
* BAFTA Awards &mdash; Best Director - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris;
* BAFTA Awards &mdash; Best Actress in a Supporting Role - [[Abigail Breslin]];
* BAFTA Awards &mdash; Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Abigail Breslin;
* BAFTA Awards &mdash; Best Actress in a Supporting Role - [[Toni Collette]];
* BAFTA Awards &mdash; Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Toni Collette;
* [[Independent Spirit Awards]] &mdash; Best Supporting Male - [[Paul Dano]];
* [[Independent Spirit Awards]] &mdash; Best Supporting Male - Paul Dano;
* [[Grammy Awards]] &mdash; Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - Various Artists;
* [[Grammy Awards]] &mdash; Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - Various Artists;
* [[Gotham Awards]] &mdash; Best Ensemble Cast - [[Greg Kinnear]], [[Steve Carell]], [[Toni Collette]], [[Paul Dano]], [[Abigail Breslin]] and [[Alan Arkin]];
* [[Gotham Awards]] &mdash; Best Ensemble Cast - Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin and Alan Arkin;
* Gotham Awards &mdash; Breakthrough Award - [[Abigail Breslin]];
* Gotham Awards &mdash; Breakthrough Award - Abigail Breslin;
* [[Satellite Awards 2006|Satellite Awards]] &mdash; Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy;
* [[Satellite Awards 2006|Satellite Awards]] &mdash; Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy;
* Satellite Awards &mdash; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - [[Toni Collette]];
* Satellite Awards &mdash; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Toni Collette;
* Satellite Awards &mdash; Best Actor in a Supporting Role - [[Alan Arkin]];
* Satellite Awards &mdash; Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin;
* Satellite Awards &mdash; Best Actress in a Supporting Role - [[Abigail Breslin]];
* Satellite Awards &mdash; Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Abigail Breslin;
* Satellite Awards &mdash; Best Original Song - [[Devotchka]] for the song "Till the End of Time";
* Satellite Awards &mdash; Best Original Song - [[Devotchka]] for the song "Till the End of Time";
* [[2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards]] &mdash; Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - [[Alan Arkin]];
* [[2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards]] &mdash; Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin;
* 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards &mdash; Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - [[Abigail Breslin]];
* 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards &mdash; Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Abigail Breslin;
* [[Costume Designers Guild|Costume Designers Guild Awards]] &mdash; Excellence in Costume Design for Film Contemporary - Nancy Steiner;
* [[Costume Designers Guild|Costume Designers Guild Awards]] &mdash; Excellence in Costume Design for Film Contemporary - Nancy Steiner;
* [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards]] &mdash; Best Picture;
* [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards]] &mdash; Best Picture;
* Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Best Comedy Movie;
* Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Best Comedy Movie;
* Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - [[Alan Arkin]];
* Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin;
* [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] &mdash; Best Picture;
* [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] &mdash; Best Picture;
* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Best Screenplay, Original - Michael Arndt;
* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Best Screenplay, Original - Michael Arndt;
* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Best Supporting Actress - [[Abigail Breslin]];
* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Best Supporting Actress - Abigail Breslin;
* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Best Supporting Actress - [[Toni Collette]];
* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Best Supporting Actress - Toni Collette;
* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Most Promising Director - [[Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]];
* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards &mdash; Most Promising Director - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris;
* [[GLAAD Media Awards]]: Outstanding Film - Wide Release;
* [[GLAAD Media Awards]]: Outstanding Film - Wide Release;
* [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle]] &mdash; Best Actor in a Supporting Role - [[Steve Carell]];
* [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle]] &mdash; Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Steve Carell;
* [[American Cinema Editors]] &mdash; Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical - Pamela Martin;
* [[American Cinema Editors]] &mdash; Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical - Pamela Martin;
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==DVD release==
==DVD release==
The [[DVD]] was released on [[December 19]], [[2006]]. It includes a dual-disc widescreen/full screen format, two [[Audio commentary|commentary tracks]], four alternate endings, and a [[music video]] by DeVotchKa.
The [[DVD]] was released on [[December 19]], [[2006]]. It includes a dual-disc widescreen/full screen format, two [[Audio commentary|commentary tracks]], four alternate endings, and a [[music video]] by DeVotchKa.

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==Production information==
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* The film was originally written as an East Coast road trip movie from [[Maryland]] to [[Florida]], it was shifted to a journey from [[New Mexico]] to [[California]] due to shooting issues.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
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* Although the role of the suicidal uncle was originally written for [[Bill Murray]]{{Fact|date=June 2007}}, and there was studio pressure for [[Robin Williams]]{{Fact|date=June 2007}}, the part eventually went to [[Steve Carell]].
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* The script was purchased from first-time screenwriter Michael Arndt for only $250,000.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
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* Although known to [[Comedy Central]] viewers for many years as a correspondent on the highly-rated satirical news program ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'', [[Steve Carell]], at the time he was cast for ''Little Miss Sunshine'', was a relative unknown in Hollywood. According to an article in ''Entertainment Weekly'',<ref>[[Entertainment Weekly]], [http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1222576-4-4_1||233612|1_,00.html ''"Why everyone's buzzing about 'Little Miss Sunshine'"''] [[August 3]], [[2006]]. Retrieved [[November 18]], [[2006]].</ref> the producers of the film worried that he wasn't a big enough star and didn't have much acting experience. However, between the time the film was shot (summer 2005) and its release a year later, Carell became a huge success as the star of the high-grossing film ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' and the [[Michael Scott (The Office)|leading character]] of the popular television series ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]''.
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* All the girls acting as participants in the beauty pageant, except [[Abigail Breslin]], were veterans of real beauty pageants. They looked the same and performed the same acts as they had in their real-life pageants.<ref>Kim Voynar, [http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=1897 ''"Interview with 'Little Miss Sunshine' Directors Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton"''], last updated [[2006-09-12]]. Retrieved [[November 18]], [[2006]].</ref>
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* During the scenes in the van in which Alan Arkin's character was swearing excessively, Abigail had her headphones on and could not hear the lines. When she took her headphones off and asked what they were talking about, Arkin says "politics." Only when she saw the movie did she know what was being said.<ref>[http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0607193 INTERVIEW: Alan Arkin and Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine"] CineCon.com</ref>
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* Rebecca Annitto, the niece of producer [[Peter Saraf]] and an extra in scenes set in the diner and the convenience store, was killed in a car accident on September 14, 2005.<ref>[http://sos.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Rebecca+Annitto SOS - Service Opportunities for Students: Rebecca Annitto], (her family and friends established an XWiki site to complete her wish of a Web site dedicated for helping teens to be volunteers), from www.sosprinceton.org</ref> The film was dedicated to her.


==Popular culture references==
==Popular culture references==
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For the children's book character, see Little Miss Sunshine (character).
Little Miss Sunshine
Movie poster for Little Miss Sunshine
Directed byJonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Written byMichael Arndt
Produced byMarc Turtletaub
Peter Saraf
Albert Berger
Ron Yerxa
David Friendly
Michael Beugg (executive)
Jeb Brody (executive)
StarringGreg Kinnear
Toni Collette
Steve Carell
Abigail Breslin
Alan Arkin
Paul Dano
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates
August 18, 2006
Running time
103 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$8 million[1]

Template:Infobox movie certificates Little Miss Sunshine is an Academy Award winning dramatic comedy film about a family's road trip to a children's beauty pageant. The film was directed by the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of US$8 million.[1] Its distribution rights were bought by Fox Searchlight Pictures for $10 million,[2] reportedly one of the biggest deals ever made in the history of the Sundance Film Festival.[3]

The movie was released in the United States on August 18, 2006,[4] and had its continental European premiere on August 12, 2006 at the 2006 Locarno International Film Festival.[5] The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two: Best Original Screenplay for Michael Arndt and Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin. It also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature.

Plot

Sheryl Hoover (Toni Collette) is an overworked mother of two. Her brother Frank (Steve Carell) is a homosexual Proust scholar, temporarily living at home with the family after having attempted suicide in the wake of a failed relationship. Sheryl's husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) is a Type A personality striving to help support the family as a motivational speaker and life coach. Dwayne (Paul Dano), Sheryl's son from a previous marriage, is a Nietzsche-reading teenager who has taken a vow of silence until he can accomplish his dreams of becoming a test pilot. Richard's father, Edwin (Alan Arkin), recently evicted from a retirement home for snorting heroin, lives with the family; he is close to his seven-year-old granddaughter Olive (Abigail Breslin).

Olive learns she has qualified for the "Little Miss Sunshine" beauty pageant that is being held in Redondo Beach, California in two days. The parents and Edwin, who has been coaching her, want to support her, and Frank and Dwayne cannot be left alone, so the whole family goes. Because they have little money they go on a 800-mile road trip in their yellow Volkswagen T2 Microbus.

Family tensions play out on the highway and at stops along the way, amidst the aging VW van's mechanical problems. When the van breaks down early on, they learn that they must push the van until it is moving at about 20 mph before it is put into gear, at which point they have to run up to the side door and jump in. Later, the van's horn malfunctions and begins honking continuously. The family suffers setbacks: Richard loses a big deal that would have jump-started his motivational technique business; Frank, in a convenience store buying pornography at Edwin's request, encounters the ex-boyfriend whose actions had prompted his suicide attempt; Edwin dies from a heroin overdose during the family's stay at a motel; they smuggle the body out of the hospital and take it illegally to California because they are in a hurry and they are not allowed to leave it behind for a while. Dwayne discovers that he is color-blind, which means he cannot become a pilot (a realization that prompts him to break his silence); and Sheryl's obsessive manner impels her to attempt to keep everyone, including herself, calm and sane.

The climax takes place at the pageant, which features young hypersexualized girls with teased hair and capped teeth, wearing adult-like swimsuits and evening wear, and performing elaborate dance numbers. Olive, untrained in beauty pageant conventions, is evidently out of place. Recognizing that Olive is a fish out of water whose feelings could really get hurt, the family considers withdrawing her from the competition; Sheryl nevertheless insists that they have to "let Olive be Olive" and participate.

In the talent portion of the pageant, the hitherto-unrevealed dance that Grandpa Edwin had choreographed for his granddaughter is revealed: To the tune of Rick James' "Super Freak," Olive scandalizes and horrifies almost all of the audience and pageant judges with a burlesque performance that she joyfully performs, as oblivious to the subtext behind the dance as the other contestants were to the provocative costumes and heavy makeup they were wearing. When the pageant director approaches Sheryl and Richard to insist on the immediate removal of Olive from the stage, they, along with Frank and Dwayne, instead join Olive on the stage and dance alongside her.

The family is next seen outside the hotel's security office. They are free to go on condition that Olive never take part in a beauty pageant in California ever again. They pile into the van and, with the horn still honking, smash through the barrier of a toll booth that the pageant official had stopped at, laughing together as they go. The movie cuts to black with the horn, still broken, sounding as the family heads back to their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Cast

(in order of appearance)

Main cast:

Supporting cast:

Production information

  • The film was originally written as an East Coast road trip movie from Maryland to Florida, it was shifted to a journey from New Mexico to California due to shooting issues.[citation needed]
  • Although the role of the suicidal uncle was originally written for Bill Murray,[citation needed] and there was studio pressure for Robin Williams,[citation needed] the part eventually went to Steve Carell.
  • The script was purchased from first-time screenwriter Michael Arndt for only $250,000.[citation needed]
  • Although known to Comedy Central viewers for many years as a correspondent on the highly-rated satirical news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Steve Carell, at the time he was cast for Little Miss Sunshine, was a relative unknown in Hollywood. According to an article in Entertainment Weekly,[6] the producers of the film worried that he wasn't a big enough star and didn't have much acting experience. However, between the time the film was shot (summer 2005) and its release a year later, Carell became a huge success as the star of the high-grossing film The 40-Year-Old Virgin and the leading character of the popular television series The Office.
  • All the girls acting as participants in the beauty pageant, except Abigail Breslin, were veterans of real beauty pageants. They looked the same and performed the same acts as they had in their real-life pageants.[7]
  • During the scenes in the van in which Alan Arkin's character was swearing excessively, Abigail had her headphones on and could not hear the lines. When she took her headphones off and asked what they were talking about, Arkin says "politics." Only when she saw the movie did she know what was being said.[8]
  • Rebecca Annitto, the niece of producer Peter Saraf and an extra in scenes set in the diner and the convenience store, was killed in a car accident on September 14, 2005.[9] The film was dedicated to her.

Score and soundtrack

The score for Little Miss Sunshine was written by the Denver band DeVotchKa and composer Mychael Danna. Performed by DeVotchKa, much of the music was adapted from the pre-existing DeVotchKa songs "How It Ends," "The Enemy Guns," and "You Love Me" from the DeVotchKa record How It Ends and "La Llorona" from Una Volta.

Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris were introduced to DeVotchKa's music after hearing the song "You Love Me" on L.A.'s KCRW radio station.[citation needed] Mychael Danna was brought in to help arrange the pre-existing material and collaborate with DeVotchKa on new material for the film. Both DeVotchKa and Danna received 2007 Grammy nominations for their work on the soundtrack.

The soundtrack also contains two songs by Sufjan Stevens ("No Man's Land" and "Chicago"), and songs by Tony Tisdale ("Catwalkin'"), and Rick James ("Super Freak").[10] According to one of the film's DVD commentary tracks (the one including writer Michael Arndt), "Super Freak", the source music danced to by Olive during the "Little Miss Sunshine" talent competition, was introduced during post-production. Arndt's screenplay had called for Prince's song "Peach"; during filming, the ZZ Top song "Gimme All Your Lovin'" was used.

The Little Miss Sunshine score was not eligible for Academy Award consideration due to the percentage of material derived from already written DeVotchKa songs.[citation needed] The DeVotchka song "Til the End of Time" did receive a nomination for a 2006 Satellite Award as Best Original Song.[11]

Two additional songs in the movie that were written by Gordon Pogoda — "Let It Go" and "You've Got Me Dancing" (the latter of which he co-wrote with Barry Upton) — are featured during the pageant scenes near the end of the film.

Box office

  • Little Miss Sunshine had the highest per-theater average gross of all films shown in the United States every day for the first 16 days of its release.[12]
  • On July 29, 2006, the first Saturday after its initial limited release, Little Miss Sunshine earned a $20,335 per-theater average gross.[13]
  • As of February 22, 2007, Little Miss Sunshine has made $59,766,008 in the U.S. and $94,323,893 total internationally.[1]

Reviews

The film has a "92% fresh" rating from critics and 96% fresh from users at Rotten Tomatoes.[14]

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Kinnear, Breslin, and Carell on the cover of Entertainment Weekly.

Michael Medved gave Little Miss Sunshine four stars (out of four) saying that "…this startling and irresistible dark comedy counts as one of the very best films of the year…" and that directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the movie itself, and actors Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, and Steve Carell deserve Oscar nominations.[15]

Joel Siegel gave Little Miss Sunshine a rarely-awarded 'A' rating, saying that "Orson Welles would have to come back to life for this not to make my year-end Top 10 list."[16] Breslin's depiction of Olive Hoover has also moved many critics, with USA Today's Claudia Puig saying, "If Olive had been played by any other little girl, she would not have affected us as mightily as it did."[17]

Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C rating, calling the characters "walking, talking catalogs of screenwriter index-card data."[18] Jim Ridley of The Village Voice called the movie a "rickety vehicle that travels mostly downhill" and a "Sundance clunker."[19] Anna Nimouse of National Review writes that the "film is praised as a 'feel-good' film, perhaps for moviegoers who like bamboo under their fingernails. If you are miserable, then Little Miss Sunshine is the film for you."[20]

Awards

DVD release

The DVD was released on December 19, 2006. It includes a dual-disc widescreen/full screen format, two commentary tracks, four alternate endings, and a music video by DeVotchKa.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Little Miss Sunshine at Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 2006-12-27.
  2. ^ Thompson, Anne (2006-01-27). "Some cold, hard facts from Sundance". Reuters/Hollywood Reporter on Yahoo! News Singapore website. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  3. ^ Senh Duong, Rotten Tomatoes, SUNDANCE: Searchlight Spends Big For “Little Miss Sunshine”, January 21, 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-17.
  4. ^ Box Office Mojo Broken link, as of 2006-11-17.
  5. ^ Eric J. Lyman (2006-08-03). "Locarno opens with low-key launch". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  6. ^ Entertainment Weekly, "Why everyone's buzzing about 'Little Miss Sunshine'" August 3, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
  7. ^ Kim Voynar, "Interview with 'Little Miss Sunshine' Directors Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton", last updated 2006-09-12. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
  8. ^ INTERVIEW: Alan Arkin and Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine" CineCon.com
  9. ^ SOS - Service Opportunities for Students: Rebecca Annitto, (her family and friends established an XWiki site to complete her wish of a Web site dedicated for helping teens to be volunteers), from www.sosprinceton.org
  10. ^ Little Miss Sunshine (Original Soundtrack) at AllMusic
  11. ^ The 11th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards Nominees from the International Press Academy website
  12. ^ "Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 2006-11-28.
  13. ^ "Daily Box Office". July 30, 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Little Miss Sunshine at Rottentomatoes.com". Retrieved 2006-11-18.
  15. ^ Michael Medved. ""Little Miss Sunshine"". Retrieved 2006-11-18.
  16. ^ Joel Siegel (July 27, 2006). "Joel Siegel's Hollywood". Retrieved 2006-11-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ Claudia Puig. "These kids are golden". USAToday.com. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  18. ^ Owen Gleiberman (July 26, 2006). "[[Entertainment Weekly]]". Retrieved 2007-01-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  19. ^ Jim Ridley (July 25, 2006). "[[The Village Voice]]". Retrieved 2007-01-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  20. ^ "[[National Review]]". February 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)
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