Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin
Director: Christine Jeffs (Sylvia)
Running Time: 1 hr 42 min
Release Date: March 13, 2009
Budget: $5 million
Critics’ Thumbs Up: 66%
“…funny and touching…” Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“A boring, choppy dramedy.” Dan Zak, Washington Post
The Lorkowski sisters, still reeling from their mother’s suicide, literally clean up their lives in this off-beat, modestly charming dramatic comedy from Little Miss Sunshine’s producers. Before starting a crime scene clean-up business, Rose (Adams) is a single mom and maid having an affair with her married high school boyfriend and Norah (Blunt) is an angst-ridden slacker. It’s impossible to separate the two quirky Sunshine films because of their precocious pint-size kids, Albuquerque settings, existential tones and Arkin’s gruff grandpa roles, but Cleaning, which has tender performances from the outstanding Adams and Blunt, should be commended for its narrow examination of how capable people can be stunted by tragedy.
Sunshine Cleaning
Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan ArkinDirector: Christine Jeffs (Sylvia)Running Time: 1 hr 42 minRelease Date: March 13, 2009Budget: $5 millionCritics’ Thumbs Up: 66%“…funny and touching…” Peter Travers, Rolling Stone“A boring, choppy dramedy.” Dan Zak, Washington PostThe Lorkowski sisters, still reeling from their mother’s suicide, literally clean up their lives in this off-beat, modestly charming dramatic comedy from Little Miss Sunshine’s producers. Before starting a crime scene clean-up business, Rose (Adams) is a single mom and maid having an affair with her married high school boyfriend and Norah (Blunt) is an angst-ridden slacker. It’s impossible to separate the two quirky…
