Continuity mistake: In the Little Miss Sunshine pageant there is a girl who, in the talent competition, does a dance in a cyan-colored uniform-type costume. Her act is before Olive's, which is the very last act, however after the girl's act, she can be seen in one shot being led towards the stage and in another having makeup put on, both times in the same costume. Neither of these should be happening if she has already done her act.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Starring: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano
Grandpa dies [likely heroin overdose] in motel on way to pageant. They steal his body out window of hospital because they're not allowed to leave it there for a couple hours while Olive competes. Suicidal uncle gets even more depressed when he is caught buying porn [for gramps] by his ex-lover in the company of the fabulously rich handsome and successful "new" 1 Proust scholar in America. Brother talks [shrieks, actually] - "F*CK!!!!!!!" when he finds out he is color-blind in van [while Olive administers a vision test] so he will never become a pilot. Uncle explains at the end you have to suffer [a lot] to have great stuff to write about and find meaning in life so don't miss your high school years for anything. They'll both be okay. Dad's book is not optioned. As you expect, Olive is nothing like the other lacquered, over-sexualized 7 year-olds in the contest but decides to perform her talent routine anyway - an absolutely laugh-out-loud pole dance-like routine [what else would you have expected gramps to have coached her in?!] to the soundtrack "Superfreak". The rest of the family joins her on stage doing crazy bad dancing when the show organizers try to pull her off. Teeny bit anti-climactic when 3 minutes later they drive off into the sunset - the end.
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More mistakes in Little Miss Sunshine
Dwayne: You know what? Fuck beauty contests. Life is one fucking beauty contest after another. You know, school, then college, then work, fuck that. And fuck the air force academy. If I wanna fly, I'll find a way to fly. You do what you love, and fuck the rest.
Frank: I'm glad you're talking again, Dwayne. You're not nearly as stupid as you look.
Trivia: Before he was cast as Frank, Steve Carell was relatively unknown in Hollywood. But by the time the film was released, he had shot to stardom in both The 40 Year Old Virgin and "The Office".
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