Movie Review - 'Sunshine Cleaning'

Sunshine Cleaning Starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, and Alan Arkin Directed by Christine Jeffs Rated R

It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but the new comedy Sunshine Cleaning introduces us to characters we're glad we met. Perhaps because they feel so familiar to us, we don't need much of an introduction. But it's to the film's credit that we don't come away from this with the impression that it's a retread, even if, in a lot of ways, it is. Movies that work outside of the huge Hollywood system aren't bound by the same rules, so their stories and their characters can be radically different from what we see in 3,000 theaters every weekend. Sunshine Cleaning provides an interesting backdrop for its familiar character, and the set pieces more than the dialogue is what keeps this moving steadily, assuredly along. Sisters Rose and Norah (Amy Adams and Emily Blunt) are trudging through their lives. Rose was a cheerleader in high school, but after she got pregnant, Albuquerque offered little advancement. It's not that Rose wants to be a maid, but with a child needing the assistance of a private school, she can't stop earning money to start over. Norah hasn't advanced much, either, because she's a bit of a drop-out by nature. But an opportunity comes their way and it appeals to both of them, as unappealing as it is on the surface. The father of Rose's son is a police detective (Steve Zahn) who tells her about a unique new career during one of their ill-advised sexcapades at a fleabag motel: Crime scene cleanup. When people are shot or stabbed, or have expired through other means, the sisters would use Rose's cleaning know-how and Norah's morbid curiosities to make the best of the worst situation. Now that's a vocation that redefines the phrase, "It's a dirty job but somebody's gotta do it." The story of the two sisters discovering themselves through this process is not terribly engaging, but Adams and Blunt are top notch, which is certainly no surprise for Amy Adams. What stands out most about them here is that Sunshine Cleaning is exactly what these actresses should be doing all the time. It's a comedy with a bit of an edge, and both of them get to explore their vulnerabilities. Alan Arkin plays their father, triggering thoughts of Little Miss Sunshine, and director Christine Jeffs gets a few solid performances out of Zahn, Clifton Collins, Jr., and Mary Lynn Rajskub, as well. Again, this is just a couple steps different from a lot of indie films in the way it approaches and develops its characters, but the world it puts them in is a perfect fit and keeps us involved throughout.

Comments

[Toni Mc]

This is a completely charming movie that is engaging from start to finish. It is about two sisters left with a mess after their mother committed suicide when they were very young--so young that the younger sister, Norah, can barely remember her. This understated background event is revealed very slowly in a series of flashbacks. The older sister Rose, on top of the world when she was a high school cheerleader dating the school quarterback is scrambling to support her illegitimate son as a cleaning houses with the babysitting help of her dysfunctional sister and her dreamer father, and doing it cheerfully. It's a family that loves each other and tolerates shortcomings. When Rose's son continues the family tradition of getting in trouble, she yanks him out of school and needs to find a way to earn enough money to put him in a private school. The quarterback father, now married to a woman pregnant with their second child, has apparentlly taken no responsibility for the son but has managed to continue a torrid affair with Rose. Rather than offer to pitch in a little money to help with his son's problems, he suggests that Rose might earn more money cleaning up after crime scenes. She tries to do just that. Her good intentions are accompanied by absolutely no idea of how to accomplish the jobs once she gets them. A one-armed cleaning supplies store owner befriends her, and as she gets more proficient at the job, she values the job--and herself--for cleaning up after the messes that follow suicides and murders and "making things right." Rose, Norah, their father, and even her son grow during the movie. Seeing it is spending time well.

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