Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine begins with Olive Hoober (Abigail Breslin) watching a taped beauty pageant, where the winner is shocked to hear that she won. Olive mimics the winner's shocked expression. Her father Richard (Greg Kinnear) gives a self-help seminar about how to be a winner in nine steps to a small classroom with very few people in it. Dwayne (Paul Dano) works out in his room. Grandpa (Alan Arkin), Richard's father who lives with the family, snorts heroin in the bathroom. Sheryl (Toni Collette) drives while smoking a cigarette. She's on her way to the hospital, where her brother Frank (Steve Carrell) is. Frank tried to kill himself. He can't stay at the hospital due to their insurance and the doctor tells Sheryl to watch him closely (while also informing her of hiding medication and sharp objects).