Little Miss Sunshine is an American family road comedy that shatters the mold. Brazenly satirical and yet deeply human, the film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, transformation and a moving look at the surprising rewards of being losers in a winning-crazed culture.
Directed by
Jonathan Dayton; Valerie Faris.
Written by
Michael Arndt
Starring
Abigail Breslin (Olive Hoover); Greg Kinnear (Richard Hoover); Paul Dano (Dwayne Hoover); Alan Arkin (Grandpa Edwin Hoover); Toni Collette (Sheryl Hoover); Steve Carell (Frank Hoover); Marc Turtletaub (Doctor #1); Jill Talley (Cindy); Brenda Canela (Diner Waitress); Julio Oscar Mechoso (Mechanic); Chuck Loring (Convenience Store Proprietor); Justin Shilton (Josh); Gordon Thomson (Larry Sugarman); Steven Christopher Parker (Teen Boy #1); Bryan Cranston (Stan Grossman). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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