Little Miss Sunshine

Comedy, Drama

Abigail Breslin	Olive
Greg Kinnear	Richard
Paul Dano	Dwayne
Alan Arkin	Grandpa
Toni Collette	Sheryl
Steve Carell	Frank
Jill Talley	Cindy
Brenda Canela	Diner Waitress
Julio Oscar Mechoso	Mechanic
Marc Turtletaub	Doctor #1

Director	Jonathan Dayton; Valerie Faris
Producer	Albert Berger; Marc Turtletaub; Michael Beugg; David T. Friendly
Writer	Michael Arndt; Michael
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt; Tim
Musician	Mychael Danna; Mychael; DeVotchKa

Little Miss Sunshine is a character driven film about a rather dysfunctional family. The characters and their oddities are listed below: Grandpa (was kicked out of a nursing home and enjoys snorting heroin), Dad (a motivational speaker wannabe), Mom (fairly balanced, but secretly smokes cigarrettes), Son (He is a nihlist and has taken a vow of silence until he makes it into the air force academy), Daughter (an adoreable little girl who only wants to win a state beauty pageant) and Mom's Brother (Tried commiting suicide and failed). The movie centers on this group of peoples' trip across the nation in an old VW bus. They are going to California so the little girl can compete in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Needless to say, this odd group of characters has some funny and rather interesting adventures on the road. Sadly, they lose one of the family members along the way, but grow closer to each other in the end.