Little Miss Sunshine

A worn Volkswagen van, Arizona desert, scorching summer heat. A dysfunctional family piles in, each with their own baggage, headed for a child beauty pageant in California. It's a film best watched on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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Jonathan Dayton directed Little Miss Sunshine in 2006. See Jonathan Dayton's full filmography, where to start with Jonathan Dayton, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jonathan Dayton.

Little Miss Sunshine was released in 2006 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.