Little Miss Sunshine 2006

Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the “Little Miss Happiness” pageant. Her family also wants Olive’s dream to come true, but they are so burdened by their own quirks, neuroses, and problems that they can barely help her. Olive’s father, Richard, barely interacts with his daughter and maintains a relationship only with her mother. Her uncle Frank, a renowned scientist, attempted suicide after a failed romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence, which has further alienated him from the family. Olive’s grandfather, though a drug addict, is the only person in the family willing to help Olive prepare for the pageant. And it all comes down to the whole family getting together and traveling all the way to California so that Olive can compete in the “Little Miss Happiness” pageant.