Sunshine Cleaning Critic Reviews

An intelligent, often touching, sometimes pedestrian drama.Read the full review

The material might have promise as a black comedy, but its attempt to put on a smiling face is unconvincing.Read the full review

This peachcolored comedy about a wacky family who shove their sadness into a bulging closet is being marketed as ''from the producers of Little Miss Sunshine'' All that's missing from the formula is a Volkswagen Microbus.Read the full review

A smartly done morality tale that couldn't be more in sync with these troubled times.Read the full review

Perhaps the most compelling reason to see Sunshine Cleaning is the pairing of two of the best and most charismatic young actresses today.Read the full review

This funny and touching movie depends on two can-do actresses to scrub past the biohazard of noxious clichés that threaten to intrude. Adams and Blunt get the job done.Read the full review

That Sunshine Cleaning was made by women is best revealed in the filmmakers' willingness to let the story breathe on its own terms, without bringing in anything extraneous, unwelcome and exciting.Read the full review

Alan Arkin virtually reprises his Oscar-winning role from "Little Miss Sunshine."Read the full review

Amy Adams and Emily Blunt are two highly attractive, naturally funny actresses on the cusp of stardom so their pairing here as two lost souls is genius.Read the full review