Little Miss Sunshine

Plot summary

Olive is a little girl with a dream: winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so burdened with their own quirks, neuroses, and problems that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father Richard is a flop as a motivational speaker, and is barely on speaking terms with her mother. Olive's uncle Frank, a renowned Proust scholar, has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence, which allows him to escape somewhat from the family whose very presence torments him. And Olive's grandfather is a ne'er-do-well with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in far off California. Written by Jim Beaver {jumblejim@prodigy.net}

The Hoover family is the dictionary definition for the word "dysfunctional". The dad Richard is a man who gives lectures on winners and losers, the wife is Sheryl, a chain-smoking, frazzled wife and working mother whose idea of a home cooked meal frequently consists of a bucket of chicken. Her gay brother Frank recently attempted suicide. The grandpa is Edwin, a drug addict. The son is Dwayne a rebel who has vowed not to talk until he gets into the Air Force. And then there is Olive, a seven-year old girl who dreams of going to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. So what happens when they do? Written by neo101

Cast of Little Miss Sunshine

	Abigail Breslin	...	Olive
	Greg Kinnear	...	Richard
	Paul Dano	...	Dwayne
	Alan Arkin	...	Grandpa
	Toni Collette	...	Sheryl
	Steve Carell	...	Frank
	Marc Turtletaub	...	Doctor #1
	Jill Talley	...	Cindy
	Brenda Canela	...	Diner Waitress
	Julio Oscar Mechoso	...	Mechanic
	Chuck Loring	...	Convenience Store Proprietor
	Justin Shilton	...	Josh
	Gordon Thomson	...	Larry Sugarman
	Steven Christopher Parker	...	Teen Boy #1
	Bryan Cranston	...	Stan Grossman