Little Miss Sunshine

"Little Miss Sunshine" is the name of a little girls' beauty pageant somewhere in California. Seven-year-old Olive wants to win the competition more than anything and her father Richard decides to help her realize her dream. He packs the family into their beat up VW van - together with his wife Sheryl, their older son who has taken a vow of silence, Sheryl's brother Frank, a moment after his latest suicide attempt, and the heroin-addicted grandfather. A dark road comedy that garnered the praise of critics, directors, and scriptwriters. The film combines the sentimental with the ridiculous and provides an acute and fresh look at the American Dream.