
Little Miss Sunshine(2006)
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.


“What we seek isn't always what we need.”
A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.

Tara Westwood
Jennifer Giraldi

Carlo Fiorletta
Dan Giraldi

Paul Sorvino
Joe DiMaria

Richard Kind
Sam Jacobson

Michael Cerveris
Bob O'Connor

Kim Director
Grace Giraldi

Phyllis Somerville
Annie Delaney

Deirdre O'Connell
Beth

Vanessa Aspillaga
Megan O'Malley
Michael Pressman
Tom McKinnon
Detours is a comedy, drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of road trip, family. Directed by Robert McCaskill, it stars Tara Westwood, Carlo Fiorletta, Paul Sorvino. A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
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