# Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

> A fractured New Mexico family barrels toward a child’s beauty-pageant dream, discovering that collective failure can become a form of love.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/618

## Facts

- Runtime: 102 min
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
- Cast: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, Beth Grant
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, darkly comic, tender, lazy sunday, road trip movie night

## Synopsis

A dysfunctional family embarks on a chaotic road trip to fulfill a young girl's dream of winning a beauty pageant.

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