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Sunshine Cleaning

2009 · 91 min

A bittersweet, offbeat comedy-drama about messy lives and quiet resilience, with moments of warmth and awkward humor.

Directed by
Christine Jeffs
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
life's a messy business.
Overview
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.

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Directed by
Christine Jeffs
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • redemption
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Christine Jeffs
Written by
Megan Holley
Starring
Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn, Alan Arkin, Clifton Collins Jr., Eric Christian Olsen, Kevin Chapman, Jason Spevack
Music
Michael Penn
Cinematography
John Toon
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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