Little Miss Sunshine

This post has been updated to add Marley's school picture. They just came in today (Fri. 10/13.) I think it turned out cute. I was really glad she still had the one front tooth when it was taken. So, here she is, Six and Almost-one-half years old. Right now, she likes to sing. She likes to whistle. And lately, she's been doing it a lot. I'll let you use your own judgment as to exactly how talented she is.


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Little Miss Sunshine

Olive is a little girl with a dream: winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so burdened with their own quirks, neuroses, and problems that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father Richard is a flop as a motivational speaker, and is barely on speaking terms with her mother. Her uncle Frank, a renowned Proust scholar, has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence, which allows him to escape somewhat from the family whose very presence torments him. And Olive's grandfather is a ne'er-do-well with a habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in far off California.

Directed by: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and Steve Carrell
Release Date: 2006