| | Little Miss Sunshine DVD
| Category | Comedies DVDs, Black Comedy Movies, Road Trips Videos, Road Movies | | Starring | Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steven Carell, Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano | | Director | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | | Composer | Mychael Danna | | Costume Designer | Nancy Steiner | | Director of Photography | Tim Suhrstedt | | Editor | Pamela Martin | | Music | Susan Jacobs | | Producer | Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa | | Production Designer | Kalina Ivanov | | Screenwriter | Michael Arndt |
Picked up after a well-received showing at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is a low-budget comedy about a family road trip from Albuquerque to California. The story begins when young Olive (Abigail Breslin) is given a shot at the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, and manages to coerce her family into driving west in their worn-down VW van. Olive's father, Richard (Greg Kinnear), takes charge of the trip, while her mother, Sheryl (Toni Collette), brother Dwayne (Paul Dano), uncle Frank (Steve Carell), and eccentric grandfather (Alan Arkin) all come along for the ride. What follows resembles a budget-stricken version of PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES: seemingly endless (and hilarious) mishaps befall the family as they wind their way across the country. Couple this with the witty interplay between a well-drawn set of dysfunctional characters, and that's the LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE formula in a nutshell; all the audience needs to do is sit back and enjoy the ride.
The grainy texture of co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris's film may initially startle viewers unaccustomed to the indie film world. But its a testament to the cast and crew's efforts that the limitations imposed on the filmmakers are long forgotten by the end of the film. Any concerns about visual murkiness give way to belly laughs and bemusement as the road trip ends and the beauty pageant begins. Likely to have a broad appeal, Dayton and Faris's film resembles a version of NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION directed with the pithy eye of Todd Solondz (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE), and it's to the movie's credit that it manages to successfully marry these two seemingly disparate worlds.
Theatrical Release: July 28, 2006 Little Miss Sunshine Reviews: Ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2006" -- "It's hilarious, heartbreaking and achingly true."-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 5 stars out of 5 -- "Full of eccentric but believable characters, witty dialogue and pitch-perfect performances....Touching, hilarious and quirky..."-- Natalie Braine, Ultimate DVD "[T]his is a comic gem, uproarious and heartfelt at the same time....Alan Arkin gives an Oscar-caliber performance..."
-- Stacey Farber, Movieline's Hollywood Life 3 stars out of 4 -- "[S]omething wonderful: a scrappy human comedy that takes an honest path to laughs and is twice as funny and touching for it."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]martly and sympathetically executed....Feelgood fun for all the dysfunctional family."-- Stuart McGurk, Total Film 4 stars out of 4 -- "[W]hat makes this one fly is its warmth. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is a first-class love-letter to a family of losers."-- Michael Bonner, Uncut "The perfect casting makes for some exceptionally confident comedy....With accessible humour and universal themes..."-- Anna Smith, Sight and Sound Little Miss Sunshine | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 2006 | | CD Universe Part number | 7989736 | | Catalog number | 2262849 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 13, 2009 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
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I must have missed something here. I thought this movie was terrible. It was slow & it drug. It was hard to relate to some of the characters. It was one of the movies I wanted to turn off.
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this is the best movie iv seen in a long time
when they get up and start to dance that was the best way to end the movie
iv seen it like a 10000 times and i still think its super good.
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 AWESOME
Great movie. This is a unique movie iv'e nevver seen anyone like it. I reccomend it for everyone. (=
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Sorry to say that this is not a movie to be seen by minors.
To me it is never OK to teach a child to pole dance.
Hollywood likes to see people debased themselves. Wait for it to appear cleaned up for TV.
Alan Arkin wins and Oscar for this perverted role of a grand father who turns his grand daughter into a pole dancing child.
I love CD Universe so go buy the Illusionist its light years ahead in entertainment.
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This review is for a different format. Greatest movie ever
I loved this movie but don't listen to people hype it up. It's way better when you go in there not knowing much and expecting it to be ok.
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