Sunshine Cleaning

Filled with touching moments and relatable agony in the midst of financial and personal meltdowns, Blunt and Adams effortlessly portray two characters on the verge of a breakthrough...

[B]leach this one fully out of sight and mind.

There's close to nothing about this film that isn't contrived, forced and reminiscent of movies that twist themselves into knots to achieve Harold and Maude-like quirky charm.

Jeffs makes a good fist of the direction and Blunt proves that she can do comedy, but it's Adams's comforting, charismatic central turn which really gives the film its lift.

Ultimately, the film is too neat, and too cloyingly sweet to tackle anything resembling real life.

Instead of something fresh and funny, this film is as formulaic and empty as any Hollywood blockbuster.

Relying on a contrast between the bright leads working in grim situations, the story never quite comes together.

Sunshine Cleaning succeeds because Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, and Alan Arkin are so good at their jobs.

Oddly whimsical for a dark foray into the humorous side of crime-scene clean-up.

If you adored Little Miss Sunshine, Sunshine Cleaning will probably charm you too - but only if you have a taste for movies whose dark and bittersweet coating hides a slightly gooey, feel-good soft centre.