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Sunshine Cleaning

Country: USA, Language: English, 91 mins

  • Director: Christine Jeffs
  • Writer: Megan Holley
  • Producer: Jeb Brody; Bob Dohrmann

CGiii Comment

It's a sweet, inconsequential little film - mildly funny, unnecessarily sentimental and a silly lesbian subplot that just seems out of place.

It had the potential to be so much more - but, alas, it missed the bullseye - by a rather wide margin.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out?

Cast & Characters

Amy Adams as Rose Lorkowski;
Emily Blunt as Norah Lorkowski;
Alan Arkin as Joe Lorkowski;
Jason Spevack as Oscar Lorkowski;
Steve Zahn as Mac;
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Lynn;
Clifton Collins Jr. as Winston;
Eric Christian Olsen as Randy;
Paul Dooley as Sherm;
Kevin Chapman as Carl;
Judith Jones as Paula Datzman-Mead;
Amy Redford as Heather;
Christopher Dempsey as Gun Shop Suicide;
Vic Browder as Gun Shop Owner;
Ivan Brutsche as Above and Beyond Worker