Sunshine Cleaning Page #3

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
779 Views


- 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.

- Winston.

- Hey, how are you doing, Carl?

Did you hear there's a couple

of amateurs poaching jobs?

No, I didn't.

Carl:
Bruce said they did a decomp

for 500 bucks.

- Winston:
500?

- Yeah.

What do you want to bet they threw

all that sh*t right in the dumpster?

Well, I certainly hope not.

What else you got there?

I got five gallons of Quick-Dissolve

and this here.

- Have a good day.

- You too, brother. See you soon, Carl.

Rose.

One, two, three, four, five of those.

Five.

I have that puzzle.

It's a tough one.

I got lost in the fur and gave up.

That's $68.24.

Do you like cats?

Nice going. You freaked him out.

I asked him if he liked cats.

I was being nice.

You want to bring these back

when you're done-

rules and regulations,

biohazard cleanup, you know?

For you.

How much was that again?

Turns out it's against the law

to throw biohazards in the dumpster.

Who knew?

How perfect was he

with the one arm?

Hmm?

The creepy guy, you know.

I wonder if he was born like that.

He wasn't creepy.

Dude, he has one arm.

They think we're a couple of hacks.

We are a couple of hacks.

Oh, okay, here it is.

Let me out here.

Why?

Because I got sh*t to do, okay?

I got a thing.

I'm dropping Oscar off at 7:00.

You got class tonight?

Mortgage Lenders and Financing.

Mortgage Lenders?

Well, Heather's pregnant again.

Do you know that?

He's never gonna leave her.

You're pathetic.

"Wiseman."

Why are you following me?

I'm not following you.

- You're following me.

- No.

- You're following me.

- No, I'm not.

- You're not?

- Following you? No.

I'm sorry.

I really thought

you were following me.

It's all right.

Now it's not moving.

Maybe if we push the alarm.

I'm sure it'll start up in a minute.

Again, I'm really sorry.

Don't even worry about it.

You have nice veins.

You should give blood.

Yeah, could you check

if there's any messages for me?

Room 211.

Okay.

Thank you.

I am strong.

I am powerful.

I am a f***ing loser.

"Sunshine Cleaning."

Yes, I thought we'd put

a positive spin on things.

- Nice.

- My son drew the design.

Hi there. That's a real nice job

you did there.

Um, where's your arm?

- Oscar.

- That's all right.

- I'm sorry.

- Kids.

- Kids.

- He's cute.

Thank you.

I was hoping that I could put

some of these out by the register.

Winston:
Yes, sure.

Put them right over there.

This is great, but you guys

might want to consider

getting out there and really

marketing yourselves.

Marketing ourselves like...?

Like funeral homes,

property managers.

You can get in with insurance companies.

They'll throw you a ton of work.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

- Insurance companies?

- Oh, yeah.

That's a really good idea.

You guys have your BBP, right?

A BB-what?

Your BBP, bloodborne pathogens

certification.

No, I don't.

I could sign you up

for the next seminar if you'd like.

- Yeah, I'd like.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome,

Rose from Sunshine Cleaning.

You gotta love that.

Sorry.

I think you're gonna like

this Econoline.

The girls have gone into their own

business, Sherm.

They're doing crime scene

and trauma cleanup.

- It's a real growth industry.

- Sounds kind of gory.

Yeah, it can be. It can be.

We're gonna be taking some contaminated

materials to the incinerator,

so we're gonna need

some space in the back.

- There you go.

- How much is it?

It's $1999.

Whoa. Any room

to come down on that?

Oh, that's the ground floor.

I'm probably gonna lose money

on this one.

I just want to make room

for some new product.

We can pay cash.

We have some cash.

We have some cash we can put down.

Cash is good.

What about all this rust here

on the thing?

- Character.

- Norah:
That's bullshit.

We were just at Motor Mart

down on Lomas.

They had a Chevy G-series

for $1900.

Power steering?

- Oh, yes.

- Yes.

What's this?

Oh, that's a CB.

What you do with that is

you push down on that thing

and hold that other thing down

and it makes your voice go up

in radio waves.

It goes right into the heavens.

- Heaven?

- Uh-huh.

How about a test drive?

There you go.

And don't forget about

some personal protective equipment.

Oh, sh*t.

Sh*t. F***. Sh*t.

What, you think I don't know?

You may have been hot sh*t

in high school.

What are you now, hmm?

Nothing.

Okay, you got 20 bucks

and you want to buy three pizzas.

The pizzas cost $3 apiece.

No, let's make that $5 apiece.

You got a coupon that takes $2 off.

Okay, $2.

The delivery boy shows up.

He's a friend from school

who's very very poor,

so you give him a tip

of five bucks.

- Okay, $5.

- What do you end up with?

Okay, you have $2 left,

and you spent $18.

You just figured that out?

Yeah, it's not that hard.

Here's Frank.

That's it. There's our shrimp.

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