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Sunshine Cleaning

Life's a messy business.

Two sisters decide to make ends meet by starting a new business to clean up the bloody mess at crime scenes. Some photographs at one scene lead the younger sister into a new relationship, while the older one has to decide about her affair with a married man, and deal with unexpected business complications.

92 minutes, No persons under 13 (Language, Sex, Drug abuse)
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Amy Adamsn, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Clifton Collins Jr.

Director

Christine Jeffs

Screenplay

Megan Holley

Cinematography

John Toon

Editing

Heather Persons

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Back Lot Pictures, Big Beach Films, Clean Sweep Productions

SA Distributor

UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Strong
Nudity	None
Sex	Some
Violence	Mild
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Mild
Drug abuse	Some
Comments	Drama with some comic elements. Slightly macabre and moderately disturbing themes.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith

Die BurgerAmanda de Lange

Cape TimesBetsy Sharkey

The CitizenPeter Feldman

24.comSam Brighton

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert You won't have a bad time seeing this film. You may get a little frustrated waiting for it to take off. It keeps heading down different runways. There's a movie here somewhere. Not this one.

eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman You can count the sincere, affecting moments in Sunshine Cleaning on one hand. Start tallying up the obvious metaphors, however, and you might run out of fingers by the end of the second act.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli While the blood may be off-putting to some, Rose and Norah's company for 90 minutes warrants the concession.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers This funny and touching movie depends on two can-do actresses to scrub past the biohazard of noxious clichés that threaten to intrude. Adams and Blunt get the job done. They come highly recommended.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Perhaps not everyone's cup of tea, but for those who don't mind some emotional and visceral mess that needs tending to, Sunshine Cleaning might be just what the janitor and maid ordered.

Metacritic.com31 critics

RottenTomatoes.com118 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Despite a sometimes overly familiar plot, Sunshine Cleaning benefits from the lively performances of its two stars.

Internet (IMDB)2234 Netizens

Average .. 64%

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