Sunshine Cleaning
“life's a messy business.”
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.
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Cast
21 people
Amy Adams
Rose Lorkowski
Known for
Arrival
Man of Steel
Emily Blunt
Norah Lorkowski
Known for
A Quiet Place
Sicario
Steve Zahn
Mac
Known for
Silo
War for the Planet of the Apes
Alan Arkin
Joe Lorkowski
Known for
Argo
Gattaca
Clifton Collins Jr.
Winston
Known for
Westworld
Pacific Rim
Eric Christian Olsen
Randy
Known for
NCIS: Los Angeles
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
Kevin Chapman
Carl Swanson
Known for
Person of Interest
Mystic River
Jason Spevack
Oscar Lorkowski
Known for
Fever Pitch
Ramona and Beezus
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Lynn
Known for
24
The Dropout
Paul Dooley
Sherm
Known for
Cars
Insomnia
Judith Jones
Paula Datzman-Mead
Also in
Spontaneous Combustion
Double Agent
Amy Redford
Heather
Also in
Maid in Manhattan
Giving It Up
Christine Jeffs Director · Megan Holley Writer Michael Penn Composer
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $5M · United States release March 27, 2009
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$16,174,377
Gross vs. budget
3.2×
Production
Overture Films
Production
Back Lot Pictures
Production
Big Beach
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · January 18, 2008
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · March 27, 2009
Limited theatrical
United States
April 17, 2009 · Theatrical
Belgium
June 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 30, 2010 · Theatrical
Canada
March 27, 2009 · Limited theatrical
France
June 10, 2009 · Theatrical
Germany
May 21, 2009 · Theatrical
Italy
April 9, 2010 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 14, 2009 · Theatrical
August 19, 2010 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Türkiye
August 28, 2009 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 28, 2009 · Theatrical
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