20061h 42mDir. Valerie Faris

Little Miss Sunshine

Name: Little Miss Sunshine
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2006-07-26
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin

“A family on the verge of a breakdown.”

ComedyDrama

5.0 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 5.0 ★vs2nd Half: 5.0 ★

CineFriendz Split-Rating Metric (Pacing & Climax breakdown)

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Starring:Greg Kinnear,Toni Collette,Steve Carell,Paul Dano,Abigail Breslin

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Greg Kinnear

Richard Hoover

Toni Collette

Sheryl Hoover

Steve Carell

Frank Ginsberg

Paul Dano

Dwayne Hoover

Abigail Breslin

Olive Hoover

Alan Arkin

Edwin Hoover

Bryan Cranston

Stan Grossman

Beth Grant

Nancy Jenkins

Wallace Langham

Kirby

Matt Winston

Pageant MC

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Mechanic

Marc Turtletaub

Doctor #1

Key Production Crew

Directors

Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton

Screenplay & Writers

Michael Arndt

Cinematography

Tim Suhrstedt

Original Score

DeVotchKa, Mychael Danna

Producers

David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Ron Yerxa

Film Details

Budget$8,000,000

Box Office Revenue$100,523,351

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Big BeachBona Fide Productions

Keywords & Themes

#california#husband wife relationship#sibling relationship#literature professor#family's daily life#highway#beauty contest#beauty queen contest#dysfunctional family#road trip

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

5.0

This movie reminds me of the lyrics from an old Dean Martin song - "I don't know why I love you like I do; I don't know why, I just do." I can't put into words why this movie works for me - it just does. To read the plot...

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