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LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Director:

  Dayton, Jonathan & Faris, Valerie
  

Year Released:

  2006

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Abigail Breslin
  Steve Carell
  Toni Collette
  Paul Dano
  Greg Kinnear
Movie Haiku:Sundance crowd-pleaser about an unlikely beauty pageant contestant (Abigail Breslin), a beat-up VW van, & the oddballs who climb aboard to support her dream. Altho there are a few improbable moments, most of the journey's sublime as this contemporary version of the Joad family (from GRAPES OF WRATH) follows the well-worn trajectory west.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2006