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Plot Summary for
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
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. Her 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.
Admission: Adults £4.00, O.A.P.'s £3.00
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