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Little Miss Sunshine (2006) -- A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) -- Frank and Dwayne talk about what makes life worth living as Olive gets ready for her beauty pageant.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) -- A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) -- A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) -- A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

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Writer (WGA):
Michael Arndt (written by)
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Release Date:
18 August 2006 (USA) more
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Where's Olive? more
Plot:
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. full summary | full synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars. Another 41 wins & 48 nominations more
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(407 articles)
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Simply perfect more (810 total)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, some sex and drug content.
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101 min
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Contrary to popular belief, Frank's last name is not Greenberg. The released script revealed his last name to be Ginsberg. more
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Errors in geography: The freeway turnoffs, hotel and pier at the final destination are not in Redondo Beach. The location used for Redondo Beach is actually the Crowne Plaza Hotel near the 101 freeway in the city of Ventura, California. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Richard: There are two kinds of people in this world, winners and losers.
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Features 77th Miss America Pageant (1997) (TV) more
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Fifteen Years Ago more

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258 out of 376 people found the following review useful.
Simply perfect, 11 August 2006
10/10
Author: rasvag53 from New Jersey

Do yourself a huge favor and go and see this film and then tell your friends about it. It has no special effects!!! No HUGE stars (though Kinnear and Arkin are famous and perfectly cast) This film has just great characters, unusual but perfectly understandable circumstances,fantastic dialog, wonderful actors,stunning cinematography, effortless direction and seamless editing.This film was very well received by the audience I sat with. I laughed,I cried and laughed until I cried. I heard that this film only cost three million dollars to make...it just goes to show that tens of millions need not be spent to get a treasure. Go see it and be thoroughly entertained. This is one good old-fashioned movie for everyone over 13 (if you preempt the grandfather's language, which is really part of his character). Hope it gets some nominations!!!

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