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Little Miss Sunshine [2006]


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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


very good but.....
Review date: 2008-09-19 Rating: 6 out of 10

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!

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Seriously bad film - one star too good
Review date: 2008-08-18 Rating: 2 out of 10

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
Review date: 2008-07-07 Rating: 8 out of 10

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 although there are many laugh out loud moments, there are also some warm and touching moments as well. A great little film that is well worth a viewing.

A beautiful film
Review date: 2008-06-11 Rating: 8 out of 10

A beautiful film about a screwed up family learning to realise how lucky their are to have each other. A roadtrip for the family as they travel to a beauty pageant. Toni Collette is of course - brilliant as the mother Sheryl and holds the whole film together with daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin).

Little Mister Disappointed (5/10)
Review date: 2008-06-01 Rating: 6 out of 10

I missed 'Little Miss Sunshine' when it came out in the cinema and was keen to see what had been billed as one of the indie hits of the last few years. However I was really shocked at how mediocre this really is. The much bandied-about tag 'Sundance-approved' seems to equate to 'quirky, sentimental, and inoffensive'. 'Quirky' is the key word here, with Little Miss Sunshine's characters straight out of the Wes Anderson school of making Really Cute Leftfield Comedies: gay suicidal Proust scholar, angst-ridden Nietzsche-reading teenager on a speech strike, wannabe self-help guru Dad, heroin-snorting granddad, talent-pageant hopeful. The filmmakers have substituted or confused, or both, character with character traits, most of which could have been picked randomly out of a hat marked 'quirky'.

If you liked The Darjeeling Ltd then this film is for you - feelgood fun for indie cinema goers. This epitomises everything that is wrong with the Sundance Film Festival, which has long been a barometer for marketability over talent. This is a road movie that stays conspicuously in the middle of the road, light as a feather; a twee, polite comedy that you could take your parents to see. If you enjoy parting with your hard-earneds in front of cringingly poor sub-TV-movie standard 'comedy', then 'Little Miss Sunshine' is for you. If you want to watch a sharply observed, genuinely funny modern road movie, with fully-developed characters, watch 'Sideways'.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Abigail Breslin
Toni Collette
Greg Kinnear
Steve Carell
Paul Dano

Creators:
Abigail Breslin (Primary Contributor)
Greg Kinnear (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036029667
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL,
Release date: 2007-01-22
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 98 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2006
Language: English (Original Language)

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