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
828 Views


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...?

Please?

Okay. Right, yeah.

Let's talk later.

I gotta go. Bye.

So what do you think?

- Norah.

- What?

Norah, are you even

listening to me?

No, thank you.

What else do you have to do?

You don't go to school.

You don't have a job and you live

with Dad. And no offense, Dad,

but do you really want to live

with Dad for the rest of your life?

You really think you can make a ton

of cash cleaning up after dead people?

I know I can.

It's very lucrative.

- Let's have a nice pleasant dinner.

- It's a racket.

Rose, you buy generic cigarettes

with couch change.

How are you gonna afford

private school?

It's only until I get

my real estate license.

And I quit smoking, by the way.

- Who's going to private school?

- Nobody, Dad.

- Did Oscar get kicked out again?

- Yeah.

- No.

- Oh, for God's sake, what is wrong

with those people?

He's an imaginative kid.

Don't they have any sense at all?

I want to have my birthday at Hinkle's.

No Hinkle's this year.

This year I'm taking you to Disneyland.

- Dad.

- Really?

- I'm taking him to Disneyland.

- Dad, don't.

I'm taking him to Disneyland.

Who wants to split a combination plate?

- Hi there.

- Joe:
Hi.

- Norah.

- Hi, Grandpa.

Norah.

Come on, I'm here.

- Are you sure you're okay with this?

- Yeah, absolutely.

But this boy's got to

get back to school.

What are you doing

about school?

I'm working on it.

Thank you.

What did Mac tell you

about this, Rose?

It's a crime scene.

- With blood?

- Maybe.

I hate Mac.

Hi.

Some sort of domestic disturbance

kind of deal.

It was the lady got the last word,

I guess,

but of course she's in jail now.

I heard one bullet completely

shot off his ring finger.

How long have you guys been doing

this kind of work?

A while.

The last one on the left there.

It's fine.

I found it.

Do you think they loved each other?

Yeah.

Car. Things.

Yeah.

Spritz.

It's not working.

If you scrub and I wipe,

then it works.

- I'm spraying as well.

- Can you spray and scrub?

Joe:
More and more people

are turning to wholesome foods.

Are you telling me this fancy corn

stuff is some kind of health food?

Well, it's candy and it's a health food.

That's what I'm telling you, yeah.

- Yeah, I don't know.

- Here.

- We don't have much more shelf space.

- Right, okay.

Look at the ingredients in here.

What does this say?

Look at that-

Glycerone.

Glyc-

Gly-

I can't even pronounce it.

It's all chemicals.

How can you call it food

if it hasn't got any vowels in it?

Take a look at this now.

What has it got in there?

- High fructose-

- No no no. Look.

The first ingredient there is...

- Corn.

- Corn!

Corn- Can you imagine

anything more healthful than corn?

It's made right here

in Albuquerque too.

You know, I've been reading

that the chemicals...

Hey, do you know if they sell

fancy corn here?

I don't know.

I heard the strawberry fancy corn

gives you bionic strength.

It's true.

There's some sort of chemical

in strawberry flavor.

And that means if you eat a whole

lot of it, you get bionic strength.

I don't believe you.

I don't care if you do or not.

You're not gonna get rid

of me very easily.

Well, I understand that as well.

However,

I don't have any room on the shelf

for your product.

- Yeah, well-

- Like I said,

I already put in all the orders

I want for this year.

Excuse me, do you carry something

called fancy corn?

Yeah yeah yeah yeah!

That was really something, Oscar.

That was really terrific.

You got the moves.

You got the nerve.

You're a real sharp cookie.

- No, I'm not. I'm stupid.

- No, you're not.

Why are you saying that?

Why do you say you're stupid?

It's true. The teachers want

to put me in retard class.

Who wants to put you

in retard class?

The teachers.

They don't know how to deal

with somebody as intelligent as you are,

that's what the problem is.

You are a very very smart kid.

- Do you get bored a lot?

- Yeah.

- Do you look out the window?

- All the time.

That proves how intelligent you are.

They should be catering to you.

They should be doing

something special for you.

- You really think so?

- I know so.

On top of that, I think you're

a goddamn genius.

Hi.

You gals did a real nice job.

Thank you.

$500.

You can call us anytime.

Call you anytime.

It was so disgusting.

And the smell was just bad.

Yeah.

I can't even really describe it.

But, you know,

we took all that stuff away

- and we made it better.

- Yeah.

We made it right.

Hey, I'm really sorry.

No.

No, I feel like I got you

into this mess.

You know what I'm gonna do?

I'm gonna pay for your

real estate classes.

Okay?

You can get your license,

get your little picture

in the Real Estate section.

And then you can drive

people around all day

talking about-

gosh, what would you talk about?

Crown molding?

I'll definitely talk about

crown molding.

Um, square footage.

Oh, yeah.

- Property easements.

- Oh, yeah.

- Appliances.

- Yes.

- Come on, what else? Come on.

- You're crazy.

Come on, what?

Why did you pick Heather?

What?

Why did you pick her?

Come on, you know

it wasn't like that.

How was it like?

Okay, if this is gonna get all-

No no, don't.

Okay?

Norah:
How long is this gonna take?

Rose:
All we have to do is go in there

and throw everything away- cake.

Oh. Oh my God.

I think it just takes

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.

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