Michelle SweeneyReview - Sunshine Cleaning
July 1st 2009 09:18
She struggles admittedly with men, "I'm good at getting guys to want me. Not date me, or marry me, but want me" and is having an affair with her highschool sweetheart Mac (Steve Zahn) who is now married with children. Starring alongside Zahn, fresh from their roles together in The Great Buck Howard, is Emily Blunt as Norah, sister to Rose.
Norah is the younger sibling in the family and due to the untimely death of their mother when they were young, Rose has a tendency to mother Norah. Norah is unreliable, unable to keep a job and lives with her father Joe (Alan Arkin). Equally as dysfunctional and in a role ideal for Arkin, Joe goes from money making scheme to scheme in order to pay the bills and to fund a pair of binoculars for his grandson for his birthday.
Oscar, who is not a bad child, has some very awkward tendencies and unfortunately for the Lorkowski's, the school is unable to manage a child with his behavioural issues. Rose is unable to afford her son the advantage of private school and is keen to turn her life around. Mac, a local policeman, suggests that Rose turn her sights from cleaning rooms to cleaning crime scenes to make more money and the company Sunshine Cleaning is borne.
Directed by Christine Jeffs (Sylvia 2003), she works well with the offbeat script penned by Megan Holley. Overall I enjoyed this movie and the concept of the two women working in such a man based environment was refreshing without been forced. Apart from the lack of development of characterisations with the men and a little overly sentimental, I still managed to find the movie refreshing.
Voyage Review: 3.5/5
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