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Little Miss Sunshine [2006]
from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
starring Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Steve Carell
directed by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL

Editorial Review:

Pile together a blue-ribbon cast, a screenplay high in quirkiness, and the Sundance stamp of approval, and you've got yourself a crossover indie hit. That formula worked for Little Miss Sunshine, a frequently hilarious study of family dysfunction. Meet the Hoovers, an Albuquerque clan riddled with depression, hostility, and the tattered remnants of the American Dream; despite their flakiness, they manage to pile into a VW van for a weekend trek to L.A. in order to get moppet daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin) into the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Much of the pleasure of this journey comes from watching some skillful comic actors doing their thing: Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette as the parents (he's hoping to become a self-help authority), Alan Arkin as a grandfather all too willing to give uproariously inappropriate advice to a sullen teenage grandson (Paul Dano), and a subdued Steve Carell as a jilted gay professor on the verge of suicide. The film is a crowd-pleaser, and if anything is a little too eager to bend itself in the direction of quirk-loving Sundance audiences; it can feel forced. But the breezy momentum and the ingenious actors help push the material over any bumps in the road. -- Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Prob in my top 10 of all time
  I adore this quirky, funny, endearing, unique and slightly bizarre film. I think this might be the film equivalent of marmite, but if you're in the 'love it' camp then you'll probably, like me, develop a love affair that will last a lifetime. Seen the movie quite a few times now and know I will never tire of it.

• very good but.....
  Frequently hilarious, never boring,unpredictable and well-written, filmed,directed and acted.But it stretched credibility a little too far and if, like me, you don't approve of beauty pageants for young girls,and of the bad swearing in the presence of children,you still won't be overly impressed by what on the face of it is advertised as something of a family movie!

• Seriously bad film - one star too good
  I am amazed people give this film positive reviews in my opinion it is the worst film I have seen in a decade and should feature close to "The Wild Women of Wonga" in the worst films of all time list! I found it not at all funny and completely uninteresting / uninvolving at all levels.
  I have never been moved to review anything on Amazon before which speaks volumes on just how bad I thought it was.

• Little Miss Sunshine
  Let me start by saying 'Little Miss Sunshine' is a quirky, yet delightful gem. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did but this is one of those films that keeps you engrossed throughout and leaves you feeling good at the end. The story is pretty original and all the actors do an amazing job, especially the young girl who plays Olive and Steve Carell in a more serious role for him, rather than the usual slapstick he does. At just over 90 minutes this film is perfect for those lazy afternoons and... more info

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