Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Oscar Winner!

Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris  Starring: Steve Carell  Abigail Breslin  Toni Collette  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Foxvideo
Format: DVD
UPC: 00024543403319
Buy.com Sku: 203404448
Item#: V2FSDL
Buy.com Sales Rank: 35963
Category Keywords: Black Comedy  Road Movies  Road Trips  Theatrical Release 
Rating: 
 
A Family on the Verge of a Breakdown.
 
 
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, English, Spanish, French, Subtitled
 
Take a hilarious ride with the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families in comedy history.

Father Richard (Greg Kinnear) is desperately trying to sell his motivational success program...with no success. Meanwhile, "pro-honesty" mom Sheryl (Toni Collette) lends support to her eccentric family, including her depressed brother (Steve Carell), fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers - the seven-year-old, would-be beauty queen Olive (Abigail Breslin) and Dwayne (Paul Dano), a Nietzsche-reading teen who has taken a vow of silence. Topping off the family is the foul-mouthed grandfather (Alan Arkin), whose outrageous behavior recently got him evicted from his retirement home.

When Olive is invited to compete in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in far-off California, the family piles into their rusted-out VW bus to rally behind her with riotously funny results.
 
"As ambitious, honest and subversive as any American movie since "Election.""  Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
"A raucously entertaining slice of slapstick dressed up as domestic satire."  Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly
"Sly, near-perfect comedy."  Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

 


Editor's Note

IN THEATERS JULY 28, 2006

A hit at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE features Steve Carrell (THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN), Toni Collette (ABOUT A BOY), and GREG KINNEAR (THE MATADOR) in a tale about a family that goes to extraordinary lengths to enter their daughter into a beauty pageant.

 

Features
"Till The End Of Time" Performed By DeVotchka From The Soundtrack
4 Alternate Endings With Optional Audio Commentary By Directors Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Audio Commentary With Directors Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris & Writer Michael Arndt
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Audio: Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbed: Spanish
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
 
Entertainment Reviews
Little Miss Sunshine - DVD
By: Rachel Gordon - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews
Published on: 12/8/2006 5:54 PM
The most visited genre in film may be the family drama. Its probably popular to produce because its something everyone can relate to having a family with issues not fit for public consumption and seeing them resolved in two hours with some great acting thrown in for good measure, hopefully. Whether its got some laughter during the course of events or not, its getting quite difficult to come up with original ideas that force a family to change, or work together, or learn about each other, in an entertaining fashion.

And now, heres Little Miss Sunshine. Youre not quite sure what youre in for during the Sundance-touting trailer as you see snippets of a family dinner....read the full review
Little Miss Sunshine - DVD
By: Edward Perkis - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews
Published on: 12/21/2006 11:29 PM
The family heads from Albuquerque to California in a yellow VW van so Olive can compete in the titular pageant. Like a left turn when you have your right signal blinking, the movie then veers away from the expected and becomes a comic road movie, with some of the best dialogue and acting of the year. All six leads deserve recognition in the upcoming awards season, but Kinnear really stands out as a man who divides the world into two camps, winners and losers, and does what he can to make sure his family is in the right camp. ...read the full review

 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Foxvideo
Release Date: 3/6/2007
Running Time: 101 minutes
Original Release Date: 2006
Catalog ID: 2240331
UPC: 00024543403319
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Dubbed
Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
Widescreen/Standard  2.35:1/1.33:1 [4:3]

 
Cast & Crew
Abigail Breslin
Alan Arkin
Beth Grant
Bryan Cranston
Greg Kinnear
Paul Dano
Steve Carell
Toni Collette
Alan E. Muraoka - Art Director
Albert Berger - Producer
Devotchka - Original Music By
Jonathan Dayton - Director
Michael Arndt - Writer
Michael Beugg - Executive Producer
Mychael Danna - Original Music By
Pamela Martin - Editor
Tim Suhrstedt - Cinematographer
Valerie Faris - Director

 
Awards

Academy Awards (2006)
Alan Arkin, Winner, Best Supporting Actor
Michael Arndt, Winner, Best Original Screenplay

 
Professional Reviews
Movieline's Hollywood Life
"[T]his is a comic gem, uproarious and heartfelt at the same time....Alan Arkin gives an Oscar-caliber performance..." 07/01/2006 p.102

Rolling Stone
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." 08/10/2006 p.112

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]martly and sympathetically executed....Feelgood fun for all the dysfunctional family." 10/01/2006 p.42

Uncut
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." 10/01/2006 p.148

Sight and Sound
"The perfect casting makes for some exceptionally confident comedy....With accessible humour and universal themes..." 10/01/2006 p.66

Rolling Stone
Ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2006" -- "It's hilarious, heartbreaking and achingly true." 12/28/2006 p.118

Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "Full of eccentric but believable characters, witty dialogue and pitch-perfect performances....Touching, hilarious and quirky..." 03/01/2007 p.104

Variety 9 of 10
Veteran husband-and-wife musicvideo and commercials team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris make a disarming segue into features with "Little Miss Sunshine," a quietly antic dysfunctional family road trip comedy that shoots down the all-American culture of the winner and offers sweet redemption for losers -- or at least the ordinary folks often branded as such. Pic's distinguished by a flawless cast, a gentle spirit of rebellion and a smart script by first-time screenwriter Michael Arndt that knows never to push its character quirks too hard. Its humanity and heart make it a natural to transcend the indie niche to a broader audience. - David Rooney
 
Reel.com 8 of 10
Little Miss Sunshine was the big crowd-pleaser at this year's Sundance Film Festival, nabbing a rich distribution deal and heaps of attention. In the real world, however, the average moviegoer's reaction to this dark, unusual comedy (think: National Lampoon's Vacation with brains) may be a tad less enthusiastic. Either way, co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, along with first-time screenwriter Michael Arndt, have fashioned an enjoyably quirky, highly perceptive film that slaps a newish spin on family dysfunction...The performances are uniformly terrific, with Kinnear and Carell taking top honors; their heroic transformations are both rousing and touching. Colette, as usual, is excellent, despite a somewhat underdeveloped character. - Gary Goldstein
 

 
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Cinematography 5
Plot 4.5
Acting 5
Overall Satisfaction 4.5
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4 of 5 Sunshine on your shoulders Thursday, August 02, 2007
rmartineau@ieee.org from Plymouth, MI  

A delightful dysfunctional family movie, as if seen through the eyes of "Little Miss Sunshine." Not your perfect family, but they all come together to support a little girl's dream about being in a beauty contest. Fun to see!
 
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5 of 5 Miss Sunshine Brightened my Day Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Rose from Deerfield, IL  
Can't say enough. Brilliantly sarcastic. The floated an original boat in a sea of remakes. Dukes of Hazzard? Pleeease! Abigail SHOULD have won best actress.
 
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