: Sunshine Cleaning
I knew little of this going in except that it was about a woman (the adorable Amy Adams) who starts a crime scene cleaning service. It turns out her character was a little deeper than that, as we learn she was the head cheerleader in high school with the quarterback boyfriend (who is now a cop, married to someone else) and she and he are having an affair. Essentially, she’s still stuck in high school, while her peers have moved on, and the cleaning business is her way out. Unfortunately, she’s dragged down by her screwball sister, her weird son, and loser dad. Not a huge amount happens in the film, storywise, but that’s okay: it’s a fun little quirky adventure. Not the greatest film, and certainly not to everyone’s taste, but there were scenes that I really, really liked. I wish her relationship with the one-armed guy was developed further, and I would have liked the weird-for-no-reason son be elaborated more, but overall it’s a fun little independent movie.
Topic: [/movie] |
