Little Miss Sunshine received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
Little Miss Sunshine won two Independent Spirit Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin and Best Screenplay.
Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Olive tells her family about her aspiration to participate in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, setting the story in motion.
The Hoover family sets out on a road trip from Albuquerque to California in their Volkswagen bus to get Olive to the pageant.
Dwayne, Olive's brother, learns he is colorblind, ending his dream of becoming a pilot, which deeply affects him.
Grandpa teaches Olive her unique candid dance routine for the pageant, encouraging her confidence.
Throughout the trip, the family faces various vehicle issues, emotional conflicts, and tensions grow.
Frank, the uncle recently recovering from a suicide attempt, is cared for by the family during the road trip.
The family arrives at the California pageant venue where Olive is scheduled to compete.
Olive defies pageant norms with her original, humorous dance routine, gaining mixed reactions.
Despite the pageant's negative reaction, the family openly supports Olive, uniting them.
