Life's a messy business.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Amanda de Lange | 15 |  |
| Cape Times Betsy Sharkey | 15 | |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman | 16 | |
| 24.com Sam Brighton | 10 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger 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. | 10 | |
| eye Weekly 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. | 5 |  |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli While the blood may be off-putting to some, Rose and Norah's company for 90 minutes warrants the concession. | 15 | |
| Rolling Stone 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. | 15 | |
| ScreenIt 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. | 13 |  |
| Metacritic.com 31 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 118 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Despite a sometimes overly familiar plot, Sunshine Cleaning benefits from the lively performances of its two stars. | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 2234 Netizens | 15 | |
Average .. 64% | 13 | |