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Little Miss Sunshine

ComedyDrama

Directed by Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant. From TMDB

205 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works

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Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 comedy drama film, directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and Steve Carell.

  • 181 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
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  • Sundance Institute @sundance.orgBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    ☀️ Twenty years ago today, "Little Miss Sunshine" was released in theaters after premiering at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • Letterboxd @letterboxd.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    As Little Miss Sunshine celebrates its 20th anniversary, Paul Dano, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin and directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris speak with Mitchell Beaupre about their memories making the film and its most iconic moments. boxd.it/2Xi

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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 15, 2024

    14 films that embarassed the blockbusters by making millions off tiny budgets. > With Hollywood budgets being what they are, a budget under $10 million is practically tiny. Despite this, many films have gone on to make a killing at the box office from budgets that barely scratch the surface of their competition. > > So, here are 14 smaller-budget movies that made the big bucks at the box office: 1. Juno 2. Mad Max 3. Paranormal Activity 4. Little Miss Sunshine 5. El Mariachi 6. The Blair Witch…

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  • Jennifer Crawford @ournewhomecoach.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    Just watched Little Miss Sunshine. A movie I’ve been meaning to watch for about 15 years. It was worth it. 😊🤞🦋

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  • Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2024

    One of my unpopular peeves: When a movie/book makes a "high culture" reference and doesn't actually get it. Exhibit A is the kid in "Little Miss Sunshine" doing a vow of silence because he read Nietzsche, which doesn't connect at all.

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  • Goreville Shriek 😱 @amcnal.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2025

    There's one (1) film scene that makes me cry every time I see it and its Paul Dano screaming in Little Miss Sunshine. If the Medium's Biggest Hack is calling you out, take it as a compliment

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  • Arrow 🔜 DenFur, FM @arrowt.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2025

    Deep Arrow lore: the only time I did a dance comp was in 2009, back when dancing ability was not required, just a willingness to embarrass yourself on stage. Also if you saw the movie Little Miss Sunshine, it causes the metaphor to make more sense Also I placed second 😂 youtu.be/TeqBuEhgmyY

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  • Sheo @sheologian.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2025

    “I watched that movie you mentioned like 6 times” “Amélie? Little Miss Sunshine? Office Space? High Fidelity? Sliding Doors?” “No the one you said was a ‘load bearing piece of your personality it meant so much to you’” “SUPER TROOPERS?” “Yeah that one”

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  • Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    The Bitter Kitten Movie Club: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006) Join us as we revisit this aughts indie darling, which we disliked at the time, and see if our criticism from back then still stands (spoiler: it does) tomandlorenzo.com/2026/07/the-...

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  • loz @turquoisehexagon.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2025

    Last four films watched (getting close to 500 for the year now) ❤️🎬📽️🎥 - Twisters (2024), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Manhunter (1986), A Serious Man (2009) @letterboxd.social #lastfourwatched #films2025 #letterboxdfriday #films #filmsky

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  • ERageAgainstTheMachine @ericrogers.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2025

    Doing a fun new thing for summer movie nights with the kiddo… - we put slips of paper in a bag with names of movies he’s never seen but he’s the right age for… - we shake up the bag! - blind pick! First movie of the summer: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE What a wonderful film.

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  • Melanie Ktorides @melkt.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    @omacolt.bsky.social #MarchMovieChallenge March 8 VW Bus in a movie ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ 2006

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  • aeronmelon @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 29, 2026

    Most movies would end faster if the main character was driving a Lancer. - Little Miss Sunshine - Driving Mrs. Daisy - The Brave Little Toaster - Planes, Trains, & Automobiles - Homeward Bound - Speed…

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  • DeeEm @deeemceeem.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    #MarchMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 8: Volkswagen bus in a movie Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2025

    #NowWatching LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006). Directors: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris. Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette. Haven't seen since release. Liked a bit less than everyone else at the time. Tried too hard at dysfunction & quirk, but still fun. Let's reevaluate! Oscar win: Alan Arkin. #filmsky 📽

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  • Friedrich @frie-drich.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 11, 2026

    A truly heartwarming and unforgettable film. 🌟 'Little Miss Sunshine' perfectly balances humor, chaos, and genuine emotion, reminding us that family isn't about being perfect_it's about sticking together through life's ups and downs. 🎬💛

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  • Super Saiga @supersaiga.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2023

    In an alternative, non-dystopian universe a Mom driving her teenage son and his girlfriend cross country for an abortion would make an excellent movie. Something like Little Miss Sunshine / Peanutbutter Falcon / Transamerica you could still make it but have them escape the cops in a car chase

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  • feral streep @feralstreeep.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2026

    a woman who makes every movie better! 1.) Little Miss Sunshine 2.) The Sixth Sensse 3.) The Hours

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  • bassomitron @[email protected]Lemmy · Nov 10, 2025

    Man, I was literally just thinking about rewatching Little Miss Sunshine the other day. Then I saw a random video using a DeVotchka song from that movie. And now this. Weird coincidence for such an old movie (2004?).

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  • LadyBusiness @ladybusiness.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2026

    I wish Hollywood would make more movies like Little Miss Sunshine and Project Hail Mary instead of Transformers 28 or a live action movie based on a Disney cartoon that's based on an off-Broadway show that's a remake of a cult film from the 80s that was originally a short story by a young Dan Brown

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  • Cai @annenotation.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2026

    If the original movie Lilo and Stitch, which I think is fantastic in a completely different way, did not exist, I think people would see this is a very interesting film in the same kind of stripe as like Little Miss Sunshine or something. Admittedly it's odd to show children this movie.

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  • ✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    4. THE HOST - My favourite from Bong Joon Ho. It’s LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE as a horror movie.

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  • Denise Breen 🖖 @denisebreen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    It was released this weekend in 2006 and it's tonight's film - Little Miss Sunshine

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  • Sundance Institute @sundance.orgBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    August's Film Club pick is "Little Miss Sunshine." ☀️ Twenty years after its Sundance Film Festival premiere, this indie classic still has us laughing, crying, and rooting for the Hoovers every step of the way.

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  • Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    I just watched Little Miss Sunshine for the first time. Such a great movie! I can't believe this was my first time. 🤭 #indie #film youtu.be/wvwVkllXT80?...

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  • Ita Bloyce @ita99.bsky.socialBluesky · May 8, 2025

    #BlueZicos #MusicChallenge Friday: drama film Film: Little Miss Sunshine Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTA...

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  • Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2025

    Watching a film where Aaron Eckhart is being a bad ass action hero and trying to work out who his young female sidekick is, slightly odd casting as she’s not Hollywood anorexic but has a normal human figure. IMDB informs me it’s the little girl from Little Miss Sunshine, which is cheering.

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  • Slater @slaterr.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2025

    Watching Little Miss Sunshine. Worst new year movie but so real lol

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  • Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2026

    Much of Little Miss Sunshine, which we watched earlier today. Forgot how batshit insane a lot of that movie is.

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  • Mikeke352 🏳️‍🌈 @mikeke352.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    Happy #LetterboxdFriday! This week while I've been stuck recovering from a fractured knee I've watched: The Bob's Burgers movie The Simpsons movie The Goonies Brain Candy Little Miss Sunshine Up Polyester Paprika Wayne's World M Metropolis & Clue I've got 4 more weeks of recovery to go. 😅

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  • Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phdBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    hate Tarantino all you want but he's right about Paul Dano he was fine in 'Little Miss Sunshine' and subsequently weakened every film he's appeared in 📽️

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  • Greggery Peccary @greggarypeccary.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    #EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge Day 1 - Movie Outro/Credits DeVotchKa - Till the End Of Time (from Little Miss Sunshine) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYqS...

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  • Mikeke352 🏳️‍🌈 @mikeke352.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 90s - Perfect Blue 00s - Little Miss Sunshine 10s - Moonrise Kingdom 20s - Everything Everywhere All At Once

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  • Here, the ghost is me. @highway62.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    Watching Little Miss Sunshine and I am confused by the geography this film presents. Eating Dinah's chicken the night before, driving all day and just getting to Pann's? That's some slow-ass driving.

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  • JennellaMCR @jennellamcr.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2025

    Aaaaand I'm crying. Little Miss Sunshine is quite possibly the greatest movie ever made (that I've seen)

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  • JennellaMCR @jennellamcr.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2025

    Wow this movie (Little Miss Sunshine) hits different as an adult. I still love Dwayne though 😂

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  • James @retrojames.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    As the sun goes down in Graz, an evening movie - Little Miss Sunshine.

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  • Melissa Jo @melissajd.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    #JulyMovieChallenge #FilmSky 🎥 Beauty pageant in a movie. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

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  • SCOM⛅️ @scomputer.funBluesky · Apr 10, 2026

    “wipe that face off your face” please don’t underutilize Toni Collette for your boring ghost playhouse movie. she was in Little Miss Sunshine and you will respect that. fuck you fuck you fuck

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  • raven-mumur @raven-murmur.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2025

    'Little Miss Sunshine' is a deeply satisfying satirical film on beauty pageants for kids.

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  • Abby Denton is a Rabbit for Halloween Every Year @abbydenton.comBluesky · Jun 22, 2025

    Youth in Revolt is a weird movie. It's like the producers of Austin Powers tried to make Little Miss Sunshine. I think I like it.

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  • Edward the Red Panda @edwardbaillargeon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    What's your favorite movie from every decade in your life? 00s: WALL•E / Little Miss Sunshine 10s: Kubo and the Two Strings / Interstellar 20s: The Wild Robot / Everything Everywhere All at Once

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  • Denise Breen 🖖 @denisebreen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    Little Miss Sunshine was released on this day on 2006. Wonderful film with a great cast.

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  • Tori 🌸 @sotypicallytori.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    🌞DMC5 x Little Miss Sunshine "movie poster"🌞 #DevilMayCry #DMC #fanart

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  • Odo @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 31, 2026

    Bryan Cranston plays a side character in Little Miss Sunshine, and also the lead role in Breaking Bad. The main family in the movie is on a long road trip. They're driving a cruddy old van that gets progressively more broken down as they go. Literally "breaking bad". (Also, not to oversell it, but the climax of this movie was the hardest I've ever laughed in a theater.)

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  • Manic Pixie Dream Gay @deadlyblond.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2025

    Still taking a break from my first-time ‘Smallville’ watch through & really enjoyed the drama, romance, comedy, $ action of ‘Count of Monte Cristi’ (2002) the other day… so decided to put on another film I absolutely love that sends me through a whole spectrum of emotions: ‘Little Miss Sunshine.’

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  • Mx. Fee @mxfee.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2025

    Ohhhhh, Little Miss Sunshine is on 🥰 Fucking love this movie a lot.

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  • KimiFar @kimifar.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 16, 2024

    OMG - I did the same thing years ago when I thought “Little Miss Sunshine” sounded like a movie I could watch with my grandkids 🤦‍♀️ 🤣

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  • Ruthie @streetcarp.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Cup of tea and watching Little Miss Sunshine. Love this film so much 🥰

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  • elder millennial GNK dad @whatsnextmtthw.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2026

    a best friend and fellow movie lover is visiting and we are now watching Little Miss Sunshine

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  • Tookie 🪓💎 @tookieclothespin.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2025

    Paul Dano could act in any QT movie but there's no way QT could do anything as good as Little Miss Sunshine

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  • Paul @winch72.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2025

    #JulyMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 23. Beauty Pageant in a movie. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

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  • Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.comBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    🥁 And last night's Mystery Movie picked by Liv was... LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE in 35mm Don't sleep on these gems! Our next Staff Pick is Sergio's on Wed 2nd July! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/492xxk2k

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  • Michael Hennessy 🇨🇦 @mrhennessy.comBluesky · Sep 7, 2023

    A very short blog post about something I adore from the film LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, over on my website.♥️🙏

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  • Gaz @120beatspm.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    tonight's movie as it's available on Apple TV Little Miss Sunshine

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  • K. Cook & Cats, Co. @iamkaymichelle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Underrated #film. I really love Little Miss Sunshine 🌞 #FilmSky 🎥

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  • NationSquid @nationsquid.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2026

    Just watched Little Miss Sunshine for the first time. Wow. Fantastic movie.

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  • Sundance Institute @sundance.orgBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    19 years ago today, "Little Miss Sunshine" made its theatrical debut after premiering at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. It went on to win hearts, Oscars, and a lasting place in indie film history. Read why it’s still a favorite among Sundance Film Festival alums: sndnc.org/4f57M6K

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  • Best and Worst Lines @bestandworstlines.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2025

    #NowWatching Little Miss Sunshine (2006) #movies #moviesky #filmsky 🎬

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  • Oak and Irony @weirwoodthrone.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2024

    Watched Little Miss Sunshine for the 1st time in nearly 20 years, holy shit what a fun film. And goddamn that cast is killer

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