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Life's A Messy Business. Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty-something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah (Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad Joe (Alan Arkin), a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get-rich-quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scheme clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other... specialised situations. As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find new respect for one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms. By building their own improbable business, Rose and Norah open the door to joys and challenges of being there for one another - no matter what - while discovering personal healing in the most unexpected way. From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine.
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the indie hit of the summer --Cosmopolitan
the sunniest, funniest, most uplifting film you'll see this summer --Easy Living
a wonderfully smart comedy --Sunday Mirror
the sunniest, funniest, most uplifting film you'll see this summer --Easy Living
a wonderfully smart comedy --Sunday Mirror
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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If I were to sum up this film in a single word, it would be 'grower', but it's definitely one which I'd watch again.
The film starts off sort of slowly, introducing the various characters. If you've seen 'Little Miss Sunshine', then the father figure in 'Sunshine Cleaning' is somewhat a similar character to the Grandfather in that film, but that's no bad thing at all.
It took me a while to initially figure out what was going on in this story - and without giving too much away, the second half of the film is where everything starts to come together. There are sections during the first half where you start to wonder if the film is about discovering yourself, love-lost or something else entirely, but at least it keeps you on your toes!
The two sisters in the lead roles play excellent parts and work very well together. I also think that there's some seriously good acting from Amy Adams in particular; her unravelling and messed-up life, which comes to the fore in the first half of the film, slowly starts to fix herself in the second-half.
There's a really nice ending too.
If you liked 'Little Miss Sunshine' then you'll really like this - it's a totally different film, but the dialogue and the characters work really well. Recommended.
The film starts off sort of slowly, introducing the various characters. If you've seen 'Little Miss Sunshine', then the father figure in 'Sunshine Cleaning' is somewhat a similar character to the Grandfather in that film, but that's no bad thing at all.
It took me a while to initially figure out what was going on in this story - and without giving too much away, the second half of the film is where everything starts to come together. There are sections during the first half where you start to wonder if the film is about discovering yourself, love-lost or something else entirely, but at least it keeps you on your toes!
The two sisters in the lead roles play excellent parts and work very well together. I also think that there's some seriously good acting from Amy Adams in particular; her unravelling and messed-up life, which comes to the fore in the first half of the film, slowly starts to fix herself in the second-half.
There's a really nice ending too.
If you liked 'Little Miss Sunshine' then you'll really like this - it's a totally different film, but the dialogue and the characters work really well. Recommended.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Ok, first a confession, I only got this because it stars Amy Adams and as ever she doesn't disappoint. The story line is simple and deals with a single mother and her disfunctional sister (Emily Blunt) who set up a cleaning company dealing with crime scenes. It starts slowly and had it not been for Amy I would probably have given up but stick with it. Amy and Emily give first class performances as ordinary girls coping with their disappointing lives. This is the sort of film that gives your soul a little lift.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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That the film :
A) marketed as 'from the producers of Little Miss Sunshine',
B) stars Alan Arkin as a grump OAP friendly with a grandchild and
C) is NAMED Sunshine Cleaning does not bode well for this film, as had I not received it for free to review I certainly would have never watched it simply for the shameless, tenuous ties to that other, much better film. Still, watch it I did, and honestly I'm glad I did, as it's better than it's cold-footed marketers would have you believe.
In addition to sparking thousands of "who's the hotter sister" debates, Amy Adams and Emily Blunt turn in decent performances as somewhat directionless siblings entering into the crime-scene-cleanup business to make some quick cash, while their father (Arkin) plots to get rich quick and pals around with Adams' bratty son (some jerk). Other characters come and go, including one-armed model builder Winston and a remarkably grown-up looking Steve Zahn as the adulterous cop. The plot slowly meanders along and doesn't quite deliver either the laughs that the blackly comic premise promises, OR the deeper questions of morality and desensitization one would expect. To be honest, there's little here we haven't seen before, from the odd pairing of Arkin and grandson (LMS did it much better) to the woes of a single mother with a pesky, smart-but-bored kid. The photography is superb though, and the DVD transfer suitably clean (unlike many other recent releases that dirty up the print so you HAVE to buy the BR- rant over).
Worth a watch if you're a fan of either of the leads, just don't be expecting any of the quirks the DVD blurb implies. Half-hearted.
A) marketed as 'from the producers of Little Miss Sunshine',
B) stars Alan Arkin as a grump OAP friendly with a grandchild and
C) is NAMED Sunshine Cleaning does not bode well for this film, as had I not received it for free to review I certainly would have never watched it simply for the shameless, tenuous ties to that other, much better film. Still, watch it I did, and honestly I'm glad I did, as it's better than it's cold-footed marketers would have you believe.
In addition to sparking thousands of "who's the hotter sister" debates, Amy Adams and Emily Blunt turn in decent performances as somewhat directionless siblings entering into the crime-scene-cleanup business to make some quick cash, while their father (Arkin) plots to get rich quick and pals around with Adams' bratty son (some jerk). Other characters come and go, including one-armed model builder Winston and a remarkably grown-up looking Steve Zahn as the adulterous cop. The plot slowly meanders along and doesn't quite deliver either the laughs that the blackly comic premise promises, OR the deeper questions of morality and desensitization one would expect. To be honest, there's little here we haven't seen before, from the odd pairing of Arkin and grandson (LMS did it much better) to the woes of a single mother with a pesky, smart-but-bored kid. The photography is superb though, and the DVD transfer suitably clean (unlike many other recent releases that dirty up the print so you HAVE to buy the BR- rant over).
Worth a watch if you're a fan of either of the leads, just don't be expecting any of the quirks the DVD blurb implies. Half-hearted.
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Excellent
Had this for ages and then lost it so bought it again and watched on an evening confined to bed ill and loved it. Recommend it highly
Published 3 months ago by J. L. Sorensen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Warts and all
This is such a great film. It has the same feel as that of 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'Juno', for example. Read more
Published 10 months ago by BontragerGirl
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sunshine cleaning - Trying to look on the sunny side of life
This is a rather sweet film that tells the story of two sisters, scarred by an event in their past and trying to make their own way in the world. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Victor
4.0 out of 5 stars
Better than 'Curdled'
Entertaining piece of faux-indie hokum. Certainly, as the other reviewers here point out, the Sunshine/Arkin parallel does suggest that this attempting to grab the Little Miss... Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2010 by Stuart Burns
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very nice movie...
A fantastic little movie with a heart, but definitely on the black-comedy end of the spectrum.
For those who don't know, Sunshine Cleaning is about two sisters who, for... Read more
For those who don't know, Sunshine Cleaning is about two sisters who, for... Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2010 by J. Pappenheim
3.0 out of 5 stars
Likeable Comedy
The two female leads in this are fantastic and it is great to see decent parts for women in a Hollywood movie that is not a romantic comedy. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2010 by pablo
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too much syrup on the pancake
It isn't the fault of the excellent cast that this fails to satisfy.
Emily Blunt is particularly good as Norah, one of two sisters down on their luck, in dead end jobs,... Read more
Emily Blunt is particularly good as Norah, one of two sisters down on their luck, in dead end jobs,... Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2010 by Four Violets
2.0 out of 5 stars
"People don't realize the safety risks involved with the removal of...
Sunshine Cleaning is one of those indie movies that feels, in its own way, as contrived and trite as any mainstream Hollywood product without much in the way of compensating... Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2010 by Trevor Willsmer
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad but didn't rock my world
As the title says this was a solidly ok film but its probably not one that I would watch again. That said, my partner really loved it so maybe its aimed more at women? Read more
Published on 20 May 2010 by Grr
2.0 out of 5 stars
Colorful melodrama
An Albuquerque close to dysfunctional family never seems to get a break. Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) has a son (Jason Spevack) that is too smart for his own good, a father (Alan... Read more
Published on 11 April 2010 by bernie
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