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.
Production Fox Searchlight Pictures (presents); Big Beach Films (as Big Breach) (in association with) (presents); Bona Fide Productions (as Bona Fide); Deep River Productions; Third Gear Productions;
Cast Names Erik David; Marc De'Antone; Robert O'Connor; Regis Philbin; Matthew W. Tate; Terry Bolo; Tara Dawn Holland; Ksenia Jarova; Abigail Breslin; Greg Kinnear; Paul Dano; Alan Arkin; Toni Collette; Steve Carell; Marc Turtletaub; Jill Talley; Brenda Canela; Julio Oscar Mechoso; Chuck Loring; Justin Shilton; Gordon Thomson; Steven Christopher Parker; Bryan Cranston; John Walcutt; Paula Newsome; Dean Norris; Beth Grant; Wallace Langham; Lauren Shiohama; Mary Lynn Rajskub;
Box Office USD 59,887,868
Release Date 2006-01-20 (Sundance Film Festival) 2006-07-02 (Los Angeles Film Festival) (premiere) 2006-07-26 (limited) 2006-08-18
Genres Adventure; Comedy; Drama;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for language, some sex and drug content.