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.
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Character
Classical in form, contemporary, spare and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
Who loves it, who doesn't
77 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Greg KinnearRichard Hoover
- Toni ColletteSheryl Hoover
- Steve CarellFrank Ginsberg
- Paul DanoDwayne Hoover
- Abigail BreslinOlive Hoover
- Alan ArkinEdwin Hoover
- Bryan CranstonStan Grossman
- Beth GrantNancy Jenkins
- Wallace LanghamKirby
- Matt WinstonPageant MC
Crew
- Valerie FarisDirector
- Jonathan DaytonDirector
- Michael ArndtWriter
- Tim SuhrstedtDirector of Photography
- DeVotchKaOriginal Music Composer
- Mychael DannaOriginal Music Composer
- Pamela MartinEditor
- Peter SarafProducer
- Albert BergerProducer
- Marc TurtletaubProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
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Master of None 201580% alikeSeries · Both contemporary, spare.
Girls 201276% alikeSeries · Both contemporary, classical in form, spare.
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