Sunshine Cleaning Page #2

Synopsis: A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Christine Jeffs
Production: Overture Films
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
R
Year:
2008
91 min
$12,033,702
Website
755 Views


to the baby shower.

Fantastic. Great.

It'll be like a big reunion.

The whole gang from high school

is gonna be there.

Yeah?

So what are you doing now?

I just got my real estate license.

Real estate?

Yeah, this is just a temporary thing

until I phase over into real estate

full time.

You're kidding. I'm in real estate

with Long & Foster.

Really?

Who are you with?

Me? I haven't decided yet.

Maybe I'll check out Long & Foster.

They look nice.

Come on.

Sh*t.

Hello.

- Hello, Miss Lorkowski?

- Yeah.

This is Mrs. Pierce

from Sandy Elementary School.

- Oscar's in trouble again.

- Okay.

His teacher and the principal

are in conference,

and they really want to meet

with you immediately.

It's not just this incident.

There have been

several episodes during the last year

where Oscar has engaged

in disruptive behavior.

There was the incident

in the gym class.

I paid the damages for that.

And the time when he locked

Jeremy Johnston in the-

Okay okay.

What did he do this time?

Now it's licking.

First it was the pencil sharpener

and then the aquarium.

It's unsanitary and it's disturbing

to the other children.

We feel that Oscar might benefit

from an environment

where he could receive

more specialized attention.

What does that mean,

"specialized attention"?

He licked my leg.

In situations like this...

...we generally recommend medication.

- I'm not doing that.

Actually, it's not so much

a recommendation as it is a requirement.

There are many drugs

that are very effective

with very few side effects.

We all feel that this is the best

solution for everybody involved.

Sure. Come on, let's go.

- I'm sorry, Mom.

- It's okay.

It's not you. It's them.

I'll tell you one thing for sure-

we are not coming back here.

Okay? Okay.

We just have to figure something out.

I'll just figure something out.

- Hi. Is your daddy home?

- Girl:
Yeah.

- Can I talk to him?

- Sure.

Hello.

Hi, Mac. It's me.

What are you calling here for?

I know. I'm sorry,

but I really needed to talk to you.

Look, Heather could have

easily picked up.

They want to put Oscar

on medication

and I need to get him out of this school

and get him into a private school

or something, I don't know.

Why don't we talk

about this later?

Because it can't wait, Mac.

I need to make some money. I need

to make some good money, like, now.

What about that crime-scene thing

I told you about?

I know, but do they make

good money?

Yeah, it seems like they do

pretty well.

And it's just like cleaning up a house

but there's blood there?

Yeah, basically, body fluids.

Okay.

So do you think that you could

hook me up with that

with your connections or...?

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