Sunshine Cleaning

In Cinemas: 11/06/2009 Watch Sunshine Cleaning trailer Other Links

Meet the Lorkowski family... Rose (Amy Adams) is a beautiful woman, who fears that the best years of her life were at high school many years ago, discovers that there's money to be made by cleaning up after death. A new business is formed and with it a chance for self-respect. Norah (Emily Blunt), Rose's carefree younger sister, who tags along for the ride, faces unexpected challenges and is deeply moved by the experience. How will this 21 year-old slacker respond to responsibility? Oscar, Rose's son, is an eight year-old drop-out, struggling at school. He needs his mother to succeed almost as much as he needs the latest binoculars from the mall. Joe (Alan Arkin), Rose's dad, is a dreamer looking to the next pie-eyed scheme to escape from the dreadful here and now. For all the pain he's caused his family, Joe is still prepared to make the sacrifices needed to keep his daughter's dream alive. This is the team behind Sunshine Cleaning... A poignant and bittersweet family film, about respect, love and clearing up body parts.

Sunshine Cleaning

1 minute 54 seconds

Release Date: 11/06/2009
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Starring:
Oscar®-Nominee Amy Adams (ENCHANTED, DOUBT, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR)
Golden Globe® Winner Emily Blunt (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB, DAN IN REAL LIFE)
Oscar®-Winner Alan Arkin (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, GET SMART, GROSSE POINTE BLANK)
Steve Zahn (SAHARA, RESCUE DAWN, HAPPY TEXAS)

What the NZ critics are saying...

"... an intimate, endearing film with a great cast." Margaret Agnew, WEEKEND PRESS

1/2 "Oh what an unexpected gem this is. What an entertaining, chuckling, laugh-out-loud, yet at time perceptively poignant gem, carefully cut from the rough foundation of living so that the colour and beauty shine through in ways we tend to not expect from contemporary cinema." Sam Edwards, WAIKATO TIMES

"... a great little film with a big and generous heart." Cliff Taylor, HERALD ON SUNDAY

What the national critics are saying...

"Need to wipe guts and viscera off your walls? Call Rose (Adams) and Norah (Blunt)... Ultimately this funny and quite touching movie relies on the two capable can-do actresses... They come highly recommended here." Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE