Movie Info
Genre
DramaRelease Date
March 13, 2009 (Limited)MPAA Rating
RStudio
Overture FilmsOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Christine JeffsProducer
Glenn Williamson, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Jeb BrodyScreenwriter
Megan HolleyStarring
- Amy Adams as Rose Lorkowski
- Emily Blunt as Norah Lorkowski
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Winston
- Alan Arkin as Joe
- Steve Zahn as Mac
- Eric Christian Olsen as Randy
- Kevin Chapman
- Mary Lynn Rajskub as Lynn
Movie Story
A single mom and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning.
Directed by Christine Jeffs (Rain, Sylvia), this uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Academy Award nominee Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah, (Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad Joe (Academy Award winner 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 scene 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...specialized situations. As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find a true 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 the joys and challenges of being there for one another-no matter what-while creating a brighter future for the entire Lorkowski family.
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Reader's Reviews
I LOVED THIS MOVIE AND WILL SEE IT 3 MORE TIMES IN THE THEATER! This was a perfect cast! Kudos to Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, and the unforgettable Steve Zahn
posted by Sunshine Cleaners on Mar 20, 2009Awesome Movie, incredible.
posted by Eric on Apr 05, 2009very amusing! if you love CSI, you'll love this!
posted by grade A hor on Apr 10, 2009
Horrible, torture, a nightmare hardly a redeeming feature- pure trash!!!!
posted by Sunshine Cleaning on Apr 11, 2009If you like suicide, murder, blood and guts, child abuse, vomiting, marital infidelity, lying, anger, irresponsibility and the raising of a disturbed child you might like this film.
posted by Sunshine Cleaning on Apr 11, 2009LOOOOVED IT! i can't wait for it's dvd release. brilliant story. brilliant characters. a definite must see!
posted by Cleaning Sunshine on Jun 01, 2009