Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine

2006

Convinced their little Olive (Abigail Breslin) is beauty queen material, parents Richard (Greg Kinnear) and Sheryl (Toni Collette) and the rest of the family embark on a life-altering road trip to a pageant in this madcap Independent Spirit Award-nominated comedy. Struggling motivational speaker Richard pushes Olive to win, while her silent brother (Paul Dano), depressed uncle (Steve Carell) and nursing-home reject grandpa (Alan Arkin) add their own quirks to the mix.

Where's Olive?

JBscale
86
Excellent

Film Detail

Genre
Comedy - Drama
Length
1 hr. 41 mins.
US Theatrical Release
August 18, 2006
US Box Office
$59,084,296 (#1561 of 7423)
Global Office
$100,523,181 (#1649 of 4357)
Rating
R
Restricted
Language, Some Drug Content, Some Sexual Content

Collection Detail

Edition
Digital Only
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.35:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
February 3, 2009
Acquired Date
August 24, 2013
Times Seen
1 Time
Last Watched
September 17, 2006

Actors

Greg Kinnear
Greg Kinnear
Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin
Steve Carell
Steve Carell
Paul Dano
Paul Dano
Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin
Toni Collette
Toni Collette
Marc Turtletaub
Marc Turtletaub
Jill Talley
Jill Talley
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston
John Walcutt
John Walcutt
Paula Newsome
Paula Newsome
Dean Norris
Dean Norris
Beth Grant
Beth Grant
Wallace Langham
Wallace Langham
Lauren Shiohama
Lauren Shiohama
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub

Directors

Jonathan Dayton
Jonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris
Valerie Faris

Producers

Albert Berger
Albert Berger
David T. Friendly
David T. Friendly
Peter Saraf
Peter Saraf
Marc Turtletaub
Marc Turtletaub
Ron Yerxa
Ron Yerxa

Writers

Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt

Awards & Accolades

  • 2006 Oscar : Best Supporting Actor - Alan Arkin
  • 2006 Oscar : Writing (Original Screenplay)
  • 2008 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #181
  • 2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #242

Other Recommendations

User Reviews

  • A very cute and superbly well acted dramedy about the winning hearts of losers. It has a very warm and not overly forceful message at its core while making you laugh so hard you'll have tears running down your face (something that I haven't done in the theater in a long time).

    3.16.2007 by biglummox (10/10)

Ratings

JB Users
100
Flawless
RT Fresh Certified
91%
Tomatometer
217 votes
RT Fresh Certified
91%
Popcornmeter
45,122 votes
METASCORE
80
36 votes
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
530,859 votes

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Official Website
  3. Kids-in-Mind
  4. Common Sense Media