# Little Miss Sunshine (2006) ![Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wKn7AJw730emlmzLSmJtzquwaeW.jpg) > **A family on the verge of a breakdown** > A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant. **Runtime**: 1h 42m **Genres**: Comedy, Drama ## Cast - [[Greg Kinnear]] as Richard Hoover - [[Toni Collette]] as Sheryl Hoover - [[Steve Carell]] as Frank Ginsberg - [[Paul Dano]] as Dwayne Hoover - [[Abigail Breslin]] as Olive Hoover - [[Alan Arkin]] as Edwin Hoover - [[Bryan Cranston]] as Stan Grossman - [[Beth Grant]] as Nancy Jenkins - [[Wallace Langham]] as Kirby - [[Matt Winston]] as Pageant MC - [[Julio Oscar Mechoso]] as Mechanic - [[Marc Turtletaub]] as Doctor #1 - [[Jill Talley]] as Cindy - [[Brenda Canela]] as Diner Waitress - [[Chuck Loring]] as Convience Store Proprietor - [[Justin Shilton]] as Josh - [[Gordon Thomson]] as Larry Sugarman - [[Steven Christopher Parker]] as Teen Boy #1 - [[John Walcutt]] as Doctor #2 - [[Paula Newsome]] as Linda - [[Dean Norris]] as State Trooper McCleary - [[Lauren Shiohama]] as Miss California - [[Mary Lynn Rajskub]] as Pageant Assistant Pam - [[Jerry Giles]] as Funeral Home Worker - [[Geoff Meed]] as Biker Dad - [[Joan Scheckel]] as Judge - [[Mel Rodriguez]] as Officer Martinez - [[Casandra Ashe]] as Girl in Hallway - [[Alexandria Alaman]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Alissa Anderegg]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Brittany Baird]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Cambria Baird]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Brenae Bandy]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Kristen Holaas]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Maliah Hudson]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Destry Jacobs]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Lindsey Jordan]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Shane Murphy]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Annabelle Roberts]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Sydni Stevenson-Love]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Nicole Stoehr]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Lauren Yee]] as Pageant Contestant - [[Terry Bolo]] as Pageant Worker (uncredited) - [[George W. Bush]] as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) --- [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/773) | [IMDb](https://imdb.com/title/tt0449059)