Little Miss Sunshine

Factual error: When the family is leaving Albuquerque, there are saguaros along the highway. Contrary to popular belief, saguaros don't grow anywhere in New Mexico.

Continuity mistake: When Dwayne finds out he is colorblind and cannot become a fighter pilot, the family is driving on a busy freeway surrounded by other cars. When Dwayne runs out of the van and has a meltdown after they pull over, they are on a quiet road with no other cars surrounded by an open field and a residential area.

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Other mistake: The VW has no clutch, so it would not be able to reverse, however at the gas station and at the hotel, it is parked backed up in to a space they couldn't have driven right in to. At the gas station at least they could have easily parked alongside the highway.

Factual error: Upon arriving at the beach-area hotel in Redondo Beach, the family is quickly exiting the freeway and the hotel is at the exit. In reality, there are no freeways anywhere near the beach sections of Redondo Beach (for several miles).

Other mistake: At the end of the movie the VW bus still has the broken clutch and horn as evidenced by the family needing to still push the bus to get it going (and the horn continuing to sound). But they had time to fix the sliding door so why didn't they just fix the broken clutch/horn as well? Unlike when they were driving to LA, they weren't on any time crunch going home. They could have either fixed the van or just got a rental to drive home.

Grandpa: A real loser is someone who's so afraid of not winning he doesn't even try.

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Trivia: The four customers who are seated behind Sheryl and Richard during the diner scene are the parents of the movie's directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.

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