Little Miss Sunshine Film Analysis
Little Miss Sunshine was the feel good movie of the summer, opening on July 26, 2006. The minds behind the camera were Michael Arndt, who wrote the screenplay, and directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The movie would not have come together if it had not been for the awesome cast that brought it all together, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, and Alan Arkin. Not one of the 17 awards and nominations for the movie and cast could have happened if it had not been for Fox Searchlight Pictures and Big Beach production companies for believing in bringing the story to the big screen.
In Little Miss Sunshine we first meet Olive Hoover, who as we can tell wants to be in beauty pageants. Olive and her family …show more content…
This is present in the first scene when all of the family members are getting ready for supper. Frank, Olive’s uncle, having just attempted suicide days before coming to live with his sister, tries to talk to Dwayne, Olive's brother, who just happens to be taking a vow of silence. Frank tries to get to know Dwayne a little better, asking him about his life and friends. Dwayne simply writes on a notepad “I hate everyone.” Seeming to take Frank by surprise, he asks if Dwayne hates his family too, to which Dwayne replies by underlining “. . .everyone” which brings the uncomfortable conversation to a quick close and earns some grins from viewers. Later on, Olive notices the bandages around Frank's wrists and asks him what happened. Franks tries to cover it up by saying it was an accident. Since nothing can be left unanswered for Olive, she decides to ask her uncle Frank about the accident. Frank and Sheryl, Olive’s mom, decide it is fine for her to know what happened, unlike her father, Richard. Frank starts to tell Olive that he was unhappy and tried to commit suicide because of a male lover, which Olive thinks is silly. Grandpa Hoover brings a more grown-up response, saying “there's another word for it” (Dayton and Faris, Little Miss Sunshine). When he says that everyone in the audience can put in their own word, whichever they may prefer, and it brings comic relief to this serious
In Little Miss Sunshine we first meet Olive Hoover, who as we can tell wants to be in beauty pageants. Olive and her family …show more content…
This is present in the first scene when all of the family members are getting ready for supper. Frank, Olive’s uncle, having just attempted suicide days before coming to live with his sister, tries to talk to Dwayne, Olive's brother, who just happens to be taking a vow of silence. Frank tries to get to know Dwayne a little better, asking him about his life and friends. Dwayne simply writes on a notepad “I hate everyone.” Seeming to take Frank by surprise, he asks if Dwayne hates his family too, to which Dwayne replies by underlining “. . .everyone” which brings the uncomfortable conversation to a quick close and earns some grins from viewers. Later on, Olive notices the bandages around Frank's wrists and asks him what happened. Franks tries to cover it up by saying it was an accident. Since nothing can be left unanswered for Olive, she decides to ask her uncle Frank about the accident. Frank and Sheryl, Olive’s mom, decide it is fine for her to know what happened, unlike her father, Richard. Frank starts to tell Olive that he was unhappy and tried to commit suicide because of a male lover, which Olive thinks is silly. Grandpa Hoover brings a more grown-up response, saying “there's another word for it” (Dayton and Faris, Little Miss Sunshine). When he says that everyone in the audience can put in their own word, whichever they may prefer, and it brings comic relief to this serious