Directed by : Nancy Steiner, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Mychael Danna, Justine Baddeley, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Michael Arndt, Albert Berger, David T. Friendly

Produced by : Nancy Steiner, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Mychael Danna, Justine Baddeley, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Michael Arndt, Albert Berger, David T. Friendly

Starring : Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, Beth Grant, Wallace Langham, Matt Winston

Company : Fox Searchlight Pictures, Bona Fide Productions, Big Beach

Release date(s) : 2006-07-26

Running time :102 Minutes

Country  : United States

Language :English

Budget :  $8,000,000

Storyline : "Fuck a lot of woman kid, I have no reason to lie, not just one. A lot of women."

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

Review:
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 dramatic comedy that delivers all around. With solid cast that includes Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carrell an oscar winning performance by Allan Arkin and Bryan Cranston and Dean Norris in Albuquerque pre Breaking Bad and a great script Little Miss Sunshine is a film that I missed when it first came out but glad I got around to it.

Kinnear is the loser husband to Collette's Sheryl and Carell is her gay suicidal brother. Dano plays her quiet son and Arkin the heroine addicted dirty Grampa. Breslin's character Olive qualifies for the Little Miss Sunshine competition and it's a race to beat the clock as the family takes a road trip from Albuquerque to California filled with unexpected surprises and personal revelations.

The films ending solidifies the families bond and leaves us wanting to see hopefully another chapter in the families life down the road. No Pun intended. Little Miss Sunshine is defiantly worth checking out if you have not already or just a rewatch as a reminder of how good it is.