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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 18, 2006
Box Office
$100.5M
Budget
$8.0M
Return
12.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 19, 2006
Theaters
8
Directors
Producers
Music
DeVotchKa
Studio
Big Beach, Bona Fide Productions
Quotes
See all →Officer's Warning Against Future Pageants
Officer Martinez
Okay, you're out. On the condition that you never enter your daughter in a beauty pageant in the state of California, ever again... ever.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Audience Member Expresses Enthusiasm at Event
Audience member
YEAH! ALRIGHT!
[once Olive is done dancing]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Greg Kinnear
Richard Hoover
T
Toni Collette
Sheryl Hoover
Steve Carell
Frank Ginsberg
P
Paul Dano
Dwayne Hoover
A
Abigail Breslin
Olive Hoover
A
Alan Arkin
Edwin Hoover
B
Bryan Cranston
Stan Grossman
B
Beth Grant
Nancy Jenkins
W
Wallace Langham
Kirby
M
Matt Winston
Pageant MC
J
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Mechanic
M
Marc Turtletaub
Doctor #1
J
Jill Talley
Cindy
B
Brenda Canela
Diner Waitress
C
Chuck Loring
Convience Store Proprietor
J
Justin Shilton
Josh
G
Gordon Thomson
Larry Sugarman
S
Steven Christopher Parker
Teen Boy #1
J
John Walcutt
Doctor #2
P
Paula Newsome
Linda
