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{{Infobox film
| name = Little Miss Sunshine
| image = Little Miss Sunshine poster.jpeg
| image size =
| director = Jonathan Dayton<br>Valerie Faris
| producer = Marc Turtletaub<br>David T. Friendly<br>Peter Saraf<br>Albert Berger<br>Ron Yerxa
| writer = Michael Arndt
| starring = [[Greg Kinnear]]<br>[[Steve Carell]]<br>[[Toni Collette]]<br>[[Paul Dano]]<br>[[Abigail Breslin]]<br>[[Alan Arkin]]
| music = Mychael Danna
| cinematography = Tim Suhrstedt
| editing = Pamela Martin
| studio = Big Beach Films<br>Bona Fide Productions<br>Deep River Productions<br>Third Gear Productions
| distributor = [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]]
| released = January 20, 2006 <br>(Sundance Film Festival)<br>July 26, 2006<br>(United States)
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = {{United States}}
| language = English
| budget = $8 million
| gross = $100.5 million }}
'''''Little Miss Sunshine''''' is a 2006 American comedy-drama road film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. It film stars [[Greg Kinnear]], [[Steve Carell]], [[Toni Collette]], [[Paul Dano]], [[Abigail Breslin]] and [[Alan Arkin]]. The film was released on July 26, 2006 by [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]].
==Plot==
A young girl named Olive Hoover ([[Abigail Breslin]]) learns that she's qualified for the the little Miss Sunshine contest the entire family sets off in their VW camper van for the trip from Albuquerque to California. The family includes her reasonably sane mother Sheryl ([[Toni Collette]]); her father Richard ([[Greg Kinnear]]), a motivational speaker who is stressing over whether his book will be published; her brother Dwayne ([[Paul Dano]]) who is into Nietzsche and has taken a vow of silence and hasn't said a word in nine months; her grandfather Edwin Hoover ([[Alan Arkin]]) who likes to cuss; and her uncle Frank Ginsburg ([[Steve Carell]]), Sheryl's brother who recently tried to commit suicide. Along the way, the van breaks down, Richard learns his book won't be published and they forget Olive at a gas station. They face grief along the way but they get Olive to the pageant on time, even if the pageant itself doesn't quite go as planned.
==Cast==
*[[Greg Kinnear]] as Richard Hoover
*[[Abigail Breslin]] as Olive Hoover
*Toni Collette]] as Sheryl Hoover (née Ginsberg)
*[[Steve Carell]] as Frank Ginsberg
*[[Alan Arkin]] as Edwin Hoover
*[[Paul Dano]] as Dwayne Hoover
*[[Bryan Cranston]] as Stan Grossman
*[[Dean Norris]] as State Trooper McCleary
*[[Wallace Langham]] as Kirby
*[[Beth Grant]] as Pageant Official Jenkins
*[[Mary Lynn Rajskub]] as Pageant Assistant Pam
*[[Matt Winston]] as Pageant MC
==Reception==
===Critical response===
The film received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 91% "Certified Fresh" rating, based on 210 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Little Miss Sunshine'' succeeds thanks to a strong ensemble cast that includes Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, and Abigail Breslin, as well as a delightfully funny script." On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 80 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."
[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:American films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Films]]
[[Category:American comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:American LGBT-related films]]
[[Category:American independent films]]
[[Category:Road movies]]
[[Category:Directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris]]
[[Category:Screenplays by Michael Arndt]]