Sunshine Cleaning
Summer 2009 Summer Films series
Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 8:00pm
Acadia Cinema's Al Whittle Theatre
450 Main Street, Wolfville, NS
Directed by Christine Jeffs
Screenplay by Megan Holley
Starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn
Rated 14A ·
1h 31m
United States
English
A small-time crime scene cleanup crew in a crumbling corner of Albuquerque offers an offbeat and oddly endearing drama, leavened with just the right amount of comedy. Dig in a bit deeper and uncover a smartly done morality tale that couldn’t be more in sync with these troubled times. Rose (Amy Adams), is a struggling single mother on the downside of a life she expected more from, and Norah (Emily Blunt), is her younger sister caught in a free fall of her own. Director Christine Jeffs offers a story with economic lessons everywhere, a fitting eulogy for the culture of greed, and a reminder that hard work–not miracles–save people. When it comes together, there’s a tableau of hope, humor and a truth-telling reality that is a salve for the recessionary soul. From Betsy Sherman, L.A. Times