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Little Miss Sunshine Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Where's Olive?

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Last modified: Dec. 22, 2008

Little Miss Sunshine

Release Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2006

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Director: Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris

Starring: Steve Carell Greg Kinnear Toni Collette Alan Arkin Abigail Breslin

R Comedy 1 hr, 41 m

  • 4.82 / 5.0
38% 63%

Plot – What's the story about?

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Plot
The Hoover family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarre landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.
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Who stars in Little Miss Sunshine – Cast List

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Who is making Little Miss Sunshine – Crew List

A look at Little Miss Sunshine behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Jonathan Dayton last helmed Battle of the Sexes and Ruby Sparks. The film's writer Michael Arndt last penned The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe.

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Michael Beugg
Jeb Brody
David Friendly

Production – What we know about the Little Miss Sunshine

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Additional Information

Parent Rating
R Restricted for language, some sex and drug content
Runtime
1 hr, 41 m
Tagline
Where's Olive?
Also known as
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Language
English
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Little Miss Sunshine Release Date: When was the film released?

Little Miss Sunshine was released in on Wednesday, July 26 , 2006.

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