A road-trip movie for the ages. Olive learns that she has qualified for the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Due to some unfortante events, it turns out that her entire dysfunctional family has to come along, family members such as a gay suicidal uncle, a brother who won't talk until he's accepted into the airforce, a foul-mouthed cocaine snorting grandpa, and a dad who doesn't believe his own self-help program.