Richard ( Greg Kinnear), the father, is an aspiring but failing motivational speaker who has plunged all his time and money into his Nine Steps program. His wife Sheryl ( Toni Collette) is the primary breadwinner and mother of Olive and Dwayne ( Paul Dano). Dwayne, Sheryl's son from a previous relationship, is a brooding teenager with an obsession with Nietzsche, who's taken a vow of silence until he achieves his dream of becoming an Air Force pilot. Olive is a precocious little girl with a close relationship to her grandfather. Edwin ( Alan Arkin), Richard's father, is a dirty, debauched old man with a sharp sense of humor and irony. Rounding out the clan is Sheryl's brother, Frank ( Steve Carell), a bitterly sarcastic scholar who tried and failed to commit suicide after losing his job and the man he loves. Her debut play, Muscovado for BurntOut Theatre, premiered in October 2014. Muscovado subsequently co-won the Alfred Fagon Audience Award 2015. The Grape that Rolled Under the Fridge was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2019. Little Miss Burden premiered at the Bunker Theatre in 2019, was a finalist for an OffWestEnd Award for Best New Play and won a Popcorn Finalist Award. Little Miss Chatterbox is a recurring character in the 2008 TV series The Mr. Men Show. Miss Chatterbox keeps her looks and, as usual, Miss Chatterbox never shuts up. Miss Chatterbox annoys Mr. Grumpy, Mr. Stubborn and Mr. Rude with her talking. Her house is on top of a hill, and shaped like a telephone. In the US and UK versions, Miss Chatterbox is voiced by Katie Leigh and Teresa Gallagher respectively. The slightest little thing that the majority of us will just brush off as a minor incident is a major catastrophe for the drama queen. Whether it is getting the wrong sandwich at lunch or spilling wine on a rug, everything is a huge deal. Dream-Crushing Handicap: Dwayne is colorblind and thus won't be able to fly planes in the Air Force.

Anything that happens in the world will personally affect a drama queen. You know the types, the ones who post on social media after a tragedy about their feelings and how it has affected them. In their minds, everything is about them, and they will take the slightest comment or action and turn it into their own personal story.After his F-Bomb moment, Dwayne delivers one to his family out of anger and frustration. Olive is able to calm him down with a hug and the rest of the family are very forgiving of his hurtful words because they understand how upset he was. White-and-Grey Morality: The film has characters who only wanted to express and be true to themselves against characters who wanted to do what they know/think is right. Billy and Benny are getting friendly now. They race up to the railing and I feed them half an apple each. Mom would not be pleased to see her apples go to the pair of colts even if their little snouts and gorgeous and hairy, like boys who are not quite ready to shave.

Grandpa: Look, I know you are a homo and all, but maybe you can appreciate this. You go to one of those places, there's four women for every guy. Can you imagine what that's like?The entire film is a Take That! to a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger in which he claimed to hate "losers." Little Miss Pretty has a blue body, a yellow nose, curly yellow hair, and pink cheeks. Miss Pretty wears silver shoes, gloves, a silver bow, and carries a matching handbag.