Sunshine Cleaning (2009)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The funny-sad hijinx of two sisters who clean up after crime scenes. See if you can spot the metaphors!

[Edgy MD]

Netflix has been begging me to watch that. No way. It's selling me too hard and I have my defenses up.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

It was ... okay. On the one hand, it tells a sweet story of how a family that's had a rough go of it gets up off the ground and tries to recover.

On the other hand, the metaphorical aspect of it was like hitting a batting practice fastball over the fence, and it didn't quite succeed in being a dark comedy despite its blend of sad and funny.

Could have used some nudity.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Clunky script. The director and actors do the best they can with it, it seems.

Emily Blunt makes me care about selfish ne'er-do-wells more than I usually do. And damn if that Amy Adams doesn't breath life into lost-causes like an overcommitted EMT.

[Guest themetfairy]

Quirky but human. I gave it a 7.

[RealityChuck]

Charming little film.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

9? Really?