Sunshine Cleaning
Sunshine Cleaning is a 2008 American comedy-drama film written by Megan Holley and directed by Christine Jeffs. It stars Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, and Alan Arkin. The story revolves around two sisters who start a crime scene cleanup business and the various events that occur in their respective lives. Produced by Big Beach, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2008, and was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on March 13, 2009, by Overture Films. Sunshine Cleaning garnered positive reviews from critics and was a minor box-office hit, grossing $17.3 million against a $5 million budget. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 25, 2009.
Plot
Rose Lorkowski is a 30-something single mother and full-time house cleaner. Her underachieving and unreliable sister Norah, lives with their father Joe and is fired from her most current job. Rose's hyperactive and disruptive 8-year-old son Oscar upsets his school officials with his erratic behavior. They tell Rose to put him on medication or send him to a private school. Unable to earn enough with her current job, Rose asks Mac, her former high-school boyfriend and now-married lover, for advice. Mac recommends a crime scene cleanup job, using his connections as a police officer to get Rose and Norah into the business.
Cast
- Alan Arkin
- Amber Midthunder
- Amy Adams
- Amy Redford
- Angelique Midthunder
- Arron Shiver
- Christopher Dempsey
- Clifton Collins
- Emily Blunt
- Eric Christian Olsen
- Esodie Geiger
- Ivan Brutsche
- Jason Spevack
- Josh Berry
- Judith Jones
- Kathy Lamkin
- Kevin Chapman
- Kevin Wiggins
- Lois Geary
- Maddie Corman
- Mary Lynn Rajskub
- Marya Beauvais
- Paul Dooley
- Rebekah Wiggins
- Steve Zahn
- Vic Browder
- William Sterchi
More details
| author | Megan Holley |
|---|---|
| director | Christine Jeffs |
| editor | Heather Persons |
| genre | comedy-drama crime |
| keywords | baby shower birthday party clean crime scene crime scene cleanup exaggerated gas station health and safety how to insurance company police officer pregnant wife private school road trip school class school life single mother |
| musicBy | Michael Penn |
| producer | Marc Turtletaub Peter Saraf |
| productionCompany | Big Beach |
| publisher | Overture Films |
| recordedAt | New Mexico |
| theme | dance female buddy high school independent |