Sunshine Cleaning (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 31 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 25, 2009
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Amy Adams, Emily Blunt & Alan Arkin | |
Performer: | Kevin Chapman, Eric Christian Olsen, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jason Spevack, Clifton Collins, Jr. & Steve Zahn | |
Directed by | Christine Jeffs | |
Screenwriting by | Megan Holley | |
Composition by | Michael Penn | |
Produced by | Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Glenn Williamson & Jeb Brody | |
Director of Photography: | John Toon |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B+ --
This low-key, authentic-feeling drama with touches of comedy stars effervescent Adams, scene-stealing Emily Blunt and reliably crusty Alan Arkin as their dad.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rating: 3/5 --
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.
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Time Out
Far from being a tragic grind, Sunshine Cleaning is one long, wonderful irony. It feels like a first film - delicate, fresh and female.
Little White Lies
3 stars out of 5 -- Adams gives a delicate, empathetic performance that validates her calling as her generation's Julia Roberts. She and Blunt strike some bright, flashy sparks...
Total Film
3 stars out of 4 -- Dark humor intersperses with poignant moments....Light but not insubstantial, charming without being glib, SUNSHINE CLEANING is a heartfelt and funny story of complicated family dynamics and life's bizarre twists.
USA Today
3 stars out of 5 -- This funny and touching movie depends on two can-do actresses....Adams and Blunt get the job done. They come highly recommended.
Rolling Stone
Rating: 3/5 --
Ultimately, the film is too neat, and too cloyingly sweet to tackle anything resembling real life.
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Times (UK)
Product Description:
From the producers of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE comes the charming Sundance hit SUNSHINE CLEANING, a spirited comedy-drama starring Amy Adams (DOUBT, ENCHANTED) as single-mom Rose Lorkowski, a plucky ex-cheerleader now cleaning houses and having an affair with her high-school sweetheart, Mac (Steve Zahn). When Mac, a police detective, suggests the lucrative job opportunities in crime-scene cleanup, Rose enlists her sister, Norah (Emily Blunt), to join her in the gory but ultimately fulfilling business enterprise. The sisterly chemistry between Adams and Blunt is impressive and forms the crux of their characters' growth throughout the film: Rose’s optimism--reciting self-affirmations and positive spins on her occupation ("It’s a growth industry")--complements Norah’s cynical, wickedly humorous exterior, which hides her bruised, vulnerable heart. Rounding out this likable cast is Alan Arkin, appearing as Joe, the sisters' lovably grumpy father, and Jason Spevack, who plays Rose’s eight-year-old son, Oscar. SUNSHINE CLEANING has all the familiar ingredients of a small independent feature (dysfunctional family spanning three generations, offbeat comic situations, dark emotional subtext), but thanks to the keen directorial hand of Christine Jeffs (who also directed the Sylvia Plath biopic, SYLVIA), and a smart screenplay from first-time writer Megan Holley, the film manages to transcend indie-film quirkiness, offering a heartfelt story of family bonds and the unexpected curveballs in life’s road.
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- UPC: 013138306883
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