Sunshine Cleaning Page #5

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
764 Views


a little getting used to.

Just give it some time.

Great. Now we're gonna have to

clean that up too.

We need to get the stink out.

What do we do with that?

Dumpster.

Come on.

Oh, God, it smells bad.

Slow down. F***, Rose,

just slow down.

- I'm not going fast, Norah.

- You are going fast.

No, I'm not. How can I be

walking faster than you?

I'm walking backwards.

I have the hard job.

You're in control of it.

You're the one pulling it.

- How can I pulling it?

- I haven't got a good grip on it, Rose.

- F***ing slow down.

- Here.

Oh my God, Rose,

you f***ing idiot.

My face is burning.

You know what?

You f***ing do it yourself, dumbass.

- Norah, come on.

- Do it on your own, idiot.

It'll wash out.

Where did you get those?

What are you doing with those?

I found them in the closet.

Let me take a look at them

for a minute.

Let me see them.

Let me look at them.

They're not yours, Oscar.

Let me look at them.

You'd better let me hang onto these

for a while, Oscar.

Why?

Because they belonged

to your grandma.

But I don't have a grandma.

Well, you used to have one. And when

you had one, these were her glasses.

- I'll get you another pair.

- Really?

Yeah, I'll get you a better pair

than this.

Okay.

I think it, like, seems wrong

to throw everything away

like we're erasing her, you know.

It's our job.

I bet this is her.

I bet that's her.

Probably.

Look at this.

Rose, look at this.

It's her daughter, I think.

Shouldn't we do something,

like try and find her or something?

It's none of our business, Norah.

What? What? What?

Just give me the dustpan.

I got it.

What if she doesn't know?

I mean, wouldn't you want to know

if this was Mom?

Mom was not like this.

Mom never would have been like this.

- Winston.

- Hi.

Hi. I spoke with you on the phone.

I'm Rose Lorkowski.

- Hi, Rose. How are you doing?

- Hello.

So our situation is that...

we are doing some post-mortem

kind of specialized cleanup stuff

- and we had this really difficult...

- Smelly.

...really smelly job

where this woman had died

and she'd been there for a while.

A decomp.

Yes, a decomp.

Follow me.

Rose:
The lingo, I guess.

You have your

general-purpose cleaners,

your extraction cleaners,

your odor control,

disinfectants, stain removers

and shampoos.

Steamers, buffers, foggers-

that kind of stuff's right here

for rent or purchase.

And quick-absorbing sawdust-

it's good for vomit.

Personal protective gear

is right there.

If you have any questions,

come find me.

- Cut it out.

- Let's get what we need.

Suits, protective wear or something.

(door chime jingles)

Just go over there.

- I'm on it.

- Just get stuff.

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