Sunshine Cleaning (2009)
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Reviews Counted:150
Fresh:108
Rotten:42
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Despite a sometimes overly familiar plot, Sunshine Cleaning benefits from the lively performances of its two stars.
Theatrical Release:26-06-2009
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Reviews for Sunshine Cleaning
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 4/5 |
While it may sound like Little Miss Sunshine's poor relative, or Sundance by-the-numbers, this is an enjoyable, poignant, moving and - yes - funny film in its own right. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Ultimately, the film is too neat, and too cloyingly sweet to tackle anything resembling real life. Full Review |
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 2/5 |
Instead of something fresh and funny, this film is as formulaic and empty as any Hollywood blockbuster. Full Review |
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This is nearly a decent family comedy - but like the mantra-chuntering character Adams plays, it's just not confident enough of its strong points to really stand out. Full Review |
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Far from being a tragic grind, Sunshine Cleaning is one long, wonderful irony. It feels like a first film – delicate, fresh and female. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Jeffs shows economy in her direction and steers through the potentially difficult script with skilful handling of tone and mood, wonderfully striking balance between laughs and tears. What a relief it is to unearth this quietly sparkling gem. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Sunshine Cleaning gets an A for Amy Adams. Injecting some heartfelt, three-dimensional zest into the wispy, two-dimensional story, she spares this copycat indie’s blushes and scores a winning combo with Blunt. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The film has poor commercial prospects, as its plot is too slender, its tone too blandly upbeat. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It's a film so achingly average it almost deserves an award for mediocrity. Full Review |
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The plot dithers and zigzags but only because human credibility, helped by excellent acting, has been allowed to prevail over Sundance-institutionalised designer whimsy. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It's not on a par with Little Miss: there's some whimsical-tragical stuff about talking to the dead via CB radio, and the producers might want to think beyond using "Sunshine" in a title again. But I would have been sorry to miss this. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Sunshine Cleaning is a winning combination of heartbreak and quirky humour. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Sunshine Cleaning will be the sleeper of this year, a movie soon to be talked about in the same breath as Sideways, Juno and Little Miss Sunshine. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Sunshine Cleaning is not perverse for the sake of it: its eccentricities arise from characters whose lives fall outside the life guide manuals. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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3/5 |
Could have been a little more darkly comic in places but the performances are superb. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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3/4 |
Megan Holley's script feels like it's been Sundance-workshopped to death. However, the cast - led by Amy Adams, Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin - establishes a vibrantly odd family bond that sustains "Sunshine Cleaning" through its dimmer portions. Full Review |
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