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The Hoover family in the movie Little Miss Sunshine is an extended family, which includes the Mom, Dad, step child, child, Uncle and Grandfather. The family has three generations and includes a step child. At the dinner table, they discuss the problems they are having. The family travels on a road trip 800 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Redondo Beach, California to get Olive their seven-year-old daughter to a beauty pageant called, “Little Miss Sunshine.” On the trip each character has

Little Miss Sunshine Callum Bryan “Little Miss Sunshine” is a film complete with dark comedy and many memorable moments. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris “Little Miss Sunshine” is about changing for the better and reconnecting as a family. This film is focused upon a dysfunctional family of six. Seven-Year-Old Olive Hoover becomes eligible for a trip to California so that she can compete in the upcoming “Little Miss Sunshine” Beauty Pageant. At the beginning of the film we can

Sabrina Wueste Mr. Rosenast AP Literature 6 16 December 2014 Little Miss Sunshine: A Contemporary Archetypal Journey Little Miss Sunshine is a perfect interpretation of a journey full of archetypal characters. Each of the characters has their own individual endeavors that they want to fulfill and they work as a haphazard team in order to get to the same destination. The characters in this movie have their downfalls and overcome their faults as the movie progresses. Little Miss Sunshine follows the

Little Miss Sunshine film (2006) tells the story of seven-year old Olive Hoover who gets the chance to to compete in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant in California. Her family reluctantly supports her and travels across the country to ensure that her dreams come true. Set in contemporary America, the film invokes discussions about children being put under pressure to conform to cultural standards of beauty and behaviour. Feminist theorists such as Naomi Wolf and Wendy Chapkis argue that beauty

The editing of Little Miss Sunshine is presented very smoothly. The montage introduces us to the six main characters and shows us a glimpse into each one’s life. This is effective in communicating to the audience by allowing them to feel a part of each characters life and quickly provide a backstory of each character. The film also presents some creative juxtapositions in the editing. The opening credits of the film is when the montage begins. We start by seeing Olive (Abigail Breslin) watching

The movie Little Miss Sunshine is about a story of a dysfunctional American family that goes into a bus and heads to California to support their daughter in her id to win a contest called the Little Miss Sunshine Contest. The whole families nerves are set to the limit as everyone travels along their little road trip. The main character is Olive and she is a seven year old girl who really wants that Little Miss Sunshine crown. The structural family theory includes family subsystems that includes

The director also presented Olive as a girl who has goal in her life and never give up. At the beginning of this film, the directors took a close up shot of Olive’s eyes with the reflection of the television screen on her glasses showing that she kept watching the re-run of Miss America pageants. This symbolized that her goal is to be a beauty pageant contestant. Then the directors draw camera as a mid-shot of Olive copying the new winner’s gestures. From this, we see a visual irony that Olive doesn’t

In the 2006 family film ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the conventional aspects of the family genre are challenged through the characterization and representation of the Hoover family. This film is atypical of its genre as it explores dark themes that are not commonly associated with the family genre, such as drug use, suicide and body issues. The film also critiques the concept of the “ideal family” in regards to gender roles, sexuality, and the relationships

Little Miss Sunshine When we think about beauty pageants, we think about beautifully tanned girls with beautiful glittery makeup, a perfect physique and teeth to match, extravagant glitzy dresses, over the top hair, and not to add someone with an extraordinary talent. However, the iconic film Little Miss Sunshine completely shatters that stereotypical view that we have of the pageant as well as changes our view on how families function. Little Miss Sunshine is a film about an 8 year old girl named

“Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama road film… written by first time writer Michael Arndt. This movie was nominated for four Academy awards including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and the Independent Spirit Award” ("Little Miss Sunshine,” n.d.). Gender bias can be identified in specific scenes of this film and in which some of the scenes succeed in passing the Bechdel test. The film begins with Olive, the young girl and one of the main characters