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Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies: I found this to be a really sweet, credible story -- it's emotional but rarely heavy-handed. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Certain narrative events in Sunshine Cleaning%u2014a fire, for one%u2014are more about dramatic convenience than the mess of real life. It helps to have actresses as vibrant as Adams and Blunt around. Read more
Dan Zak, Washington Post: Sunshine Cleaning should have been a madcap comedy of the macabre, or a tangled yarn about the metaphorical biohazards of living life at the margins, but it shoots for the middle and ends up being just that: middling. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Taken on its own terms, though, it's a solid indie effort with plenty of nice character strokes by screenwriter Megan Holley and razor-sharp performances by Amy Adams and Emily Blunt. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Though the script has its share of contrivances -- maybe more than its share -- the director and her co-stars, Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, bring a steadfast sense of truth to the story of two sisters trying to jump-start their stuck lives and grow up. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Directed by Christine Jeffs, Sunshine Cleaning has more than its share of indie cliches, but it's wonderfully cast and often a pleasure to watch. Read more
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: The film's secondhand feel wouldn't be so problematic if it had a sense of urgency, but director Christine Jeffs' ambitions begin and end with transferring Megan Holley's earnest script from the page to the screen. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: It's an honest little movie, well written by Megan Holley, well directed by Christine Jeffs, and very well played by Amy Adams and Emily Blunt as the sisters. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: A smartly done morality tale that couldn't be more in sync with these troubled times. Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: This one is scripted, directed and acted with grace and immaculate care. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: The best thing to come out of Sunshine Cleaning is the confirmation that Adams, one of Hollywood's most delightful comediennes, is also capable of piercing drama. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Credit director Christine Jeffs and writer Megan Holley with revealing the sisters' pained back story ever so gently. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Lifted by a trio of fine performances, Sunshine Cleaning thrives on the unexpected and revels in the low-key. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Truly lovely performances by Adams and Blunt pierce the thoroughly artificial climate. Read more
Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: Pitting it against Little Miss Sunshine in a poverty death match seems miserly, particularly when few complain about the comparative glut of movies about men waving guns Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: Its overall ability to balance humor and drama, attention to emotional detail and a few winning performances outweighs its maudlin tendencies. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Adams and Blunt are a great team and provide Sunshine Cleaning with nearly all of its potency, pain and emotional payoff, as sisters trying to avoid their own tragedy while cleaning up the mess of others. Read more
New Yorker: Adams, forging ahead gamely, keeps it aloft. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Though this well-observed, wry drama is determined to be quirky, its most endearing quality, like that of its heroines, is a willingness to wallow in foul moods and come out the other side. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: This bittersweet comedy is a fine showcase for a pair of distinctive and appealing talents. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Sunshine Cleaning is made of sterner stuff than the usual chick flick, and is well worth the time of all serious moviegoers. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Not a great movie, but disarmingly entertaining -- especially when you have to rub your eyes to believe what you're seeing (or cover them to avoid what you're not seeing). Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: The irrepressible Adams puts a sunny face on a life that hasn't worked out, but that's worth the struggle in spite of it all. Read more
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: Christine Jeffs has assembled an accomplished cast for the dramedy from screenwriter Megan Holley. They are wonderful in a film that reverberates with the tensions and comic desperation of the similarly themed Little Miss Sunshine. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Perhaps the most compelling reason to see Sunshine Cleaning is the pairing of two of the best and most charismatic young actresses today. Read more
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: Amy Adams in the best performance of the young year. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: At times, the movie works, but those are the times it (and even we) forget what it's really about. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: This funny and touching movie depends on two can-do actresses to scrub past the biohazard of noxious cliches that threaten to intrude. Adams and Blunt get the job done. They come highly recommended. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Although Adams and Blunt work hard at giving dimension to their characters, they can't overcome the fact that the story is essentially a greatest hits of family trauma. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Sunshine Cleaning emerges as that rare American specimen -- a strong movie about women. Read more
Dana Stevens, Slate: Adams and Blunt are just as determined to make this movie work as the Lorkowskis are to better their lot in life. Their luminescence and pluck, not to mention those two hypnotizing sets of eyeballs, carry the day. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: There should be a self-healing book for film performers titled "When Bad Scripts Happen to Good Actors." And the cast of Sunshine Cleaning should get a group discount. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Sunshine Cleaning is one of those dependent independent films -- dependent on the need to be "quirky" yet "heartfelt" too, and as much a slave to the formulaic as any Hollywood product. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Adams and Blunt rise above the clunky premise and execution to once again demonstrate why they've become the go-to girls for any director seeking smart, versatile and warm-blooded talent. Read more
David Jenkins, Time Out: 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. Read more
Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice: Yet another willful, comically tortured "indie" coated with Hollywood's happy-ending sheen. Read more