Author: Amy Adams

Brand: Seville (Paradox)

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 25-08-2009

Details: Product Description A single mom and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around. Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah is still living at home with their dad Joe, a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other...specialized situations. As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find a true respect for one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms. By building their own improbable business, Rose and Norah open the door to the joys and challenges of being there for one another -- no matter what -- while creating a brighter future for the entire Lorkowski family. ----- Oscar® nominee Amy Adams, Golden Globe® winner Emily Blunt, and Oscar® winner Alan Arkin find an entirely unexpected way to give their lives new meaning in this inspiring comedy. Rose Lorkowski (Adams), a former high school cheerleader, is now a mother in her thirties searching for a better life for herself and her son. Norah (Blunt), her somewhat lazy sister, still lives in the family home with their father Joe (Arkin), who is busy, as he has always been, with his latest scheme to get rich quick. When Rose learns that it is possible to make a lot of money by cleaning up crime scenes, she and Norah team up and their company, Sunshine Cleaning, is born. This adventure allows them to clean up their own lives while cleaning up what remains of the lives of others. Amazon.ca If Sunshine Cleaning occasionally recalls Sundance sensations like Little Miss Sunshine and Happy, Texas--note the cookie-cutter title and casting of Alan Arkin--it still offers an irresistible charm all its own. They don't look much alike, but Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, who both appeared opposite Tom Hanks in Charlie Wilson's War, offer convincing, heartfelt performances as Albuquerque sisters who barely get along (all the more impressive considering Blunt's upper-crust British credentials). Single mother and former cheerleader Rose (Adams), the optimistic and semi-responsible one, cleans houses for a living. Norah (Blunt), the pessimistic and irresponsible one, lives with their father, Joe (Arkin), a loving grandfather and lousy salesman, and attempts to earn her keep as a waitress. When both women find themselves in need of a quick influx of cash, Rose convinces Norah to join her as a crime-scene cleaner, a job her married, police-officer lover (an underused Steve Zahn) assures her pays well. He's right, but the ladies find the work even more emotionally demanding than physically repulsive, especially once they become entangled with Lynn ( 24's Mary Lynn Rajskub), a lonely blood-bank worker, and Winston ( Capote's Clifton Collins Jr.), a one-armed cleaning-supply salesman. Megan Holley's script may be a mite overstuffed, but the pace never lags, and Christine Jeffs' follow-up to Sylvia packs an emotional punch that Little Miss Sunshine--arguably, the funnier film--lacked, even if the Oscar-winning Arkin plays a similarly unconventional grandfather figure. Then again: few do it better. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

UPC: 774212101380

EAN: 0774212101380

Languages: French

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood