Sunshine Cleaning is a 2008 comedy-drama film starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt. Directed by Christine Jeffs and written by Megan Holley, the film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2008. It was purchased by Overture Films for distribution and opened in limited release in the United States on March 13, 2009. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 25, 2009. Rose Lorkowski is a thirty-something single mother, working full-time as a maid. Her underachieving sister Norah lives with their father Joe , and is fired from her job as a waitress. After the school... expels Rose's son Oscar for his erratic behavior, she is told she must put him on Attention Deficit Disorder medication or send him to a private school. Unable to make enough money with her current job, Rose asks Mac , her ex-boyfriend during their high school years and her married lover, for advice. Mac recommends a crime scene cleanup job, and with his connections as a police officer, he gets Rose and Norah into the business.
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| Release date: | January 18, 2008 |
| Directed by: | Christine Jeffs |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 91 Minutes |
| Producer: | Glenn Williamson, Peter Saraf, Jeb Brody, Marc Turtletaub |
| Editor: | Heather Persons |
| Music by: | Michael Penn |
| Cinematography: | John Toon |
| Screenplay by: | Megan Holley |
| Estimated budget: | $5,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |