Sunshine Cleaning

Starring: Adams, Amy and Blunt, Emily

Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah is still living at home with their dad Joe, 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.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 013138306883
• Release Date: August 2009
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Lions Gate-Sphe
• Director: Jeffs, Christine
• Starring: Adams, Amy, Blunt, Emily
• Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Colorful melodrama

In Albuquerque, a close-to-dysfunctional family never seems to get a break. Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) has a son (Jason Spevack) who is too smart for his own good, a father (Alan Arkin) who has all kinds of economic get-rich schemes, a sister (Emily Blunt) who does not seem to be able to hold a job, a married boyfriend, etc. As circumstances have it, Rose gets an opportunity to make it big with a biohazard cleanup company, “SUNSHINE CLEANING”. Of course, even then, she has her usual luck. With a little help, maybe one day the tide will change for her. Then again, maybe the film will finally end. I have only seen the Blu-ray version, and I am surprised at the lack of extras.