Little Miss Sunshine Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

The Hoover family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarre landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.

Comedy

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Little Miss Sunshine.

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  Steve Carell

  Despicable Me, Despicable Me 4

• 
  Greg Kinnear

  Off the Grid, You Gotta Believe

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  Toni Collette

  Juror No. 2, Mickey 17

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  Alan Arkin

  Love the Coopers, The Muppets

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  Abigail Breslin

  Classified, The Call

• P
  Paul Dano

  Spaceman, Prisoners

• E
  Erik David

Crew Behind the Film

The Little Miss Sunshine behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jonathan Dayton last directed Battle of the Sexes and Ruby Sparks. The film's writer Michael Arndt last wrote The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe.

Director

Jonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris

Screenwriter

Michael Arndt

Producers

Michael Beugg
Jeb Brody
David Friendly

Additional Information

All Trailers

Official Little Miss Sunshine movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the Little Miss Sunshine movie production.

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