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Sunshine Cleaning
These dramas present a dramatic story about Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams), a 30-year-old single mother. Rose appears to be working full-time as a maid, and her missing and unreliable sister Norah (Emily Blunt) lives with their father Joe (Alan Arkin). It seems that in the end, it will completely disappear when she is dismissed from her job as a waitress.
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22 June 1971, Detroit, Michigan, USA
1997, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19 July 1977, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
November 15, 2010
Amy Adams sweeps through the wide-ranging role with zest, enthusiasm and just the right touch of simmering self-anger.
March 25, 2009
The irrepressible Adams puts a sunny face on a life that hasn't worked out, but that's worth the struggle in spite of it all.
March 27, 2009
Adams and Blunt rise above the clunky premise and execution to once again demonstrate why they've become the go-to girls for any director seeking smart, versatile and warm-blooded talent.
March 01, 2011
Well worth a look for those who aren't too disillusioned with the post-Juno Indie film scene.
August 16, 2011
New directions in chick flicks: dried arterial blood sprays, maggots, and heart tugs.
September 29, 2011
Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, two fine actresses, get the opportunity to glow in strong lead roles as complex, emotionally fractured females who work hard to earn your respect -- and reclaim their own.
May 29, 2009
Taken on its own terms, though, it's a solid indie effort with plenty of nice character strokes by screenwriter Megan Holley and razor-sharp performances by Amy Adams and Emily Blunt.
March 30, 2011
Sunshine Cleaning is a decent film, especially if you already like this sort of thing, with a lot of subtlety and a desire to represent actual human beings without demonizing or beatifying any of them.
March 27, 2009
Sunshine Cleaning is one of those dependent independent films -- dependent on the need to be "quirky" yet "heartfelt" too, and as much a slave to the formulaic as any Hollywood product.
March 26, 2009
Its overall ability to balance humor and drama, attention to emotional detail and a few winning performances outweighs its maudlin tendencies.
July 03, 2009
Jeffs makes a good fist of the direction and Blunt proves that she can do comedy, but it's Adams's comforting, charismatic central turn which really gives the film its lift.
September 29, 2012
Sunshine Cleaning a compelling and thoroughly adult picture, boasting an original plot and, in Adams and Blunt, two of the most talented young actresses working today.