Summary
Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker and is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence. And Olive's grandfather is a loser with a drug habit whose outrageous behavior recently got him kicked out from his retirement home. When Olive is invited to compete in the pageant in California, the family hit the road in their rusted-out VW bus to rally behind her.Additional Information
Subjects |
Beauty contests
-- California
-- Drama.
Beauty contestants -- United States -- Drama. Dysfunctional families -- United States -- Drama. Parent and child -- United States -- Drama. Siblings -- United States -- Drama. Grandparent and child -- United States -- Drama. Feature films. Comedy films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Beverly Hills, CA :20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,2006 |
Edition | Full and widescreen versions. |
Contributors |
Dayton, Jonathan.
Faris, Valerie. Kinnear, Greg, 1963- Collette, Toni. Carell, Steve, 1962- Dano, Paul, 1984- Breslin, Abigail, 1996- Arkin, Alan. Cranston, Bryan, 1956- Danna, Mychael. DeVotchKa (Musical group) Fox Searchlight Pictures. Big Beach (Firm) Bona Fide Productions. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
Participants/Performers |
Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston. |
Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Tim Suhrstedt ; editor, Pamela Martin ; music, Mychael Danna and DeVotchKa. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for language, some sex and drug content. |
Language |
English Spanish French English and Spanish language tracks with English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Notes |
Title from container. Special features include: four alternate endings with directors' commentary; feature commentary by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris and Michael Arndt; music video "Till the end of time" performed by DeVotchKa. |
System Details |
DVD, Dolby Digital 5.1, Region 1 encoding. |
Description |
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Other | Classic View |