История путешествия семьи из Альбукерке на конкурс красоты «Little Miss Sunshine» в Калифорнию, где должна исполниться мечта очаровательной семилетней Оливии.

Во время вояжа всем членам семьи приходится мужественно бороться c разного рода злоключениями, разочарованиями, а также со своим вечно ломающимся автобусом VW. Путешествуя по стране, папа, мама, сестры и братья учатся доверять и поддерживать друг друга, независимо от того, с какой проблемой они столкнулись.

Directors: Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris
Writer (WGA): Michael Arndt (written by)
Release Date: 18 August 2006 (USA)
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 41 wins & 46 nominations

In Albuquerque, the housewife Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual and expert in Proust, and tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders Sunset Manor and is addicted in heroin. When her seven years old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi), in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and make a dream come true. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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

Olive Hoover, a seven year old girl, has one goal: to win a beauty pageant. Her heroin-addicted grandfather is her coach, and when she becomes a finalist in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant, her whole family takes on the road in an old run-down VW. The trip is anything but smooth; her father Richard is struggling to promote his self-help program, with no success, mother Sheryl is trying to simply keep her family happy and together, her brother Dwayne will not to speak until he joins the Air Force academy and, to quote himself, "hates everyone," and her uncle Frank must come with them after attempting suicide when he fell in love with one of his male graduate students. The first in a long run of disasters is the bus breaking down, causing them all to push it to get the trip started. There are MANY more things, however, which hinder Olive's Little Miss Sunshine career. Written by Anonymous

Cast:
Abigail Breslin ... Olive Hoover
Greg Kinnear ... Richard Hoover
Paul Dano ... Dwayne
Alan Arkin ... Grandpa Edwin Hoover
Toni Collette ... Sheryl Hoover
Steve Carell ... Frank Ginsberg
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

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