Sunshine Cleaning, 2008

Totally adorable. I do love adorable movies, like "JUNO" & "NOTTING HILL". This is in that same mold. Amy Adams and Emily Blunt are fantastic together and they play off of each other so well that you have no problem believing that they are really sisters. Alan Arkin never ever turns in a bad performance and he doesn't start here, he is excellent as the girls father. I loved this movie a lot. Although I would have gone a little more on the Lesbian thing with Emily Blunt's character, its like half way through the movie they got cold feet a just sort of dropped the idea. I'm still giving it 5 STARS.

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4-24-09. Whenever the film begins to fall off track, Amy Adams brings it back with empowered charm, grace and real emotion. Sunshine Cleaning succeeds in avoiding the melodrama often associated with this genre. Instead, writer Megan Holley lets the situations breathe without telling us how we should feel about them. Rose (Adams) is a single mother who's continuing her high school romance with Mac (Steve Zahn) despite he being married to another woman. I suspect Mac is the boy's father, although we never actually know. Rose tries to make ends meet as a maid. Mac is a forensic investigator who tells her that she can make good money cleaning up crime scenes. Hard-up for cash, Rose employs her sister, Norah (Emily Blunt), and Sunshine Cleaning is born. On the first job, Norah discovers photos dating from 1988-present of the deceased woman's daughter. She wants to find her and tell her about the mother's death. That's when Norah discovers how much the jobs affect her and the family issues from her past she still hasn't faced. Rose takes a little longer, but when she does realize it, it's the most emotional scene in the film. The crew is called on a suicide clean-up. They arrive and an elderly woman is sitting on the porch, waiting to hand over the keys to the house. Her husband has just shot himself. Rose sits next to the woman and a long, silent pause ensues. Holley lets the scene speak for itself. It's a magical, visceral moment that is neither too dramatic, nor underwhelming. Credit Adams for capturing genuine emotion. You should see this movie because it shouldn't be as good as it is. How can that be? Because Adams brings importance to the movie few actresses could. The film gets the audience involved through its characters, even though the overall premise isn't that promising. tinyurl.com/ca9e33

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