Sunshine Cleaning is a delightful movie with excellent acting by all. Alan Arken is terrific as usual and Amy Adams has a face you can get lost in. Watch her expression, you know exactly how she feels without her saying a word. I felt I had to suspend my disbelief a little--how can a woman with such hardship be so cheerful and forgiving of all those who screw up her life? Still, if you're willing to enter her world, you'll enjoy. I wouldn't put up with half the stuff she does but her character is most unusual and is drawn with enough depth to make it real.

I guess I was expecting another Little MIss Sunshine and this was the exact opposite. This was a terrible attempt at replicating what worked in LMS. Everyone should make sure they know that this movie involves a story around cleaning up after suicides. I think they should have warned people. The previews just said cleaning up crime scenes. Most of the scenes were suicide and the mother's suicide was a major part of the story. Having personally experience a similar situation; this caught me totally offguard and launched my own post tramatic stress syndrome; not experienced for almost 30 years now. Be warned!

Interesting characters and engaging performances take you through an entertaining slice of life story. There are some easy comparisons to "Little Miss Sunshine", but I found Sunshine Cleaning less off-beat and more enjoyable. Amy Adams is captivating, and in one of the supporting roles as a store clerk, Clifton Collins Jr. was so quietly impressive that I actually looked up his name. While certainly not perfect, this chick flick crosses over to provide pretty wide appeal.

Sunshine Cleaning was a fun, don't have to pay attention to every detail movie to take a significant other to go and see. Good compromise movie. She wanted a chick flick, I wanted a dude movie and this is where we met in the middle. There are plenty of funny parts and plenty of feel good parts. Overall, the meaning of the movie was well developed and understood. My only complaint is that some of the characters could have been better developed and analyzed.

Sunshine Cleaning: a slogan that doesnt match the business, chosen with hopes of taking the bleakness out of decomp work and crime scene clean-up. Two sisters struggle to afford even the small things in life and search for answers when nothing seems to be going there way. Adams and Blunt fall into their new business and it soon becomes more than a job to them. They come into people's lives when something terrible has happened and try to make everything better. This connection with each of their clients sparks a whisper of happiness... As long as you're happy, no one can take that from you. Stunning performances by Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, and Alan Arkin. I couldnt expect anything more. Emily Blunt in the Tressles scene was mesmerising. I could feel what she was feeling and when that happens you know the acting is no less than perfect. (A)