Sunday, December 24, 2006
Little Miss Sunshine
- Who's watched: M & G
- Mentions: None
- Commentary: I rented this movie for us out of curiosity. We both we so charmed by it that we decided, after watching the rental a second time in as many days, to purchase it. I was surprised at how much Mom enjoyed it. From the little I knew about it I thought I would love it and Mom would find it boring, so her interest in the movie surprised me. It's one of those movies I consider completely perfect and, of course, it features Toni Colette. It's easy for me to like movies in which she's featured. Even if the movie is a bomb (and, I have yet to consider one of the movies in which she's featured a bomb, although there are some that I wouldn't add to our collection, like In Her Shoes, which is pleasant enough but not something I'd seek to watch again), I always enjoy her performances.
Mom was, by the way, astonished at the girls' beauty pageant. "Something's not right about that," she said. I was pleased that she was struck by this.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Greg Kinnear Richard Hoover Steve Carell Dr. Frank Ginsberg Toni Collette Sheryl Hoover Paul Dano Dwayne Hoover Abigail Breslin Olive Hoover Alan Arkin Edwin Hoover Bryan Cranston Stan Grossman Dean Norris State Trooper McCleary
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2006
Directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris.
Labels: female-director2, road-movie, satire1, shared-favorite, toni-collette
