Sunshine Cleaning

This movie stars Amy Adams and Emily Blunt as sisters who stumble into job cleaning up after crime scenes. This is a not so subtle reminder to the two of them of when they were young children and discovered their mother after a suicide. The overall millieu of the film is very depressing. Money is tight. Adams is in a relationship with a married man who was once her high school sweetheart. Her son has behavior problems and gets bounced out of school. Blunt is detached and irresponsible. She strikes up a pseudo-lesbian relationship with the daughter of a woman who's home they clean after she's disovered dead. There are a lot of dark strands of story-like materials, but no connecting tissues or themes beyond "life's a bitch." This is an indie chick flick with lots of people talking about feelings and revealing deep secrets. It's not my cup of tea, but the acting is pretty stellar. I'm a fan of Blunt and Adams and they are great here. Truly believable sisters. Adam Arkin appears in essentially the same part as "Little Miss Sunshine" and is fine. This is not insufferable, but it doesn't hold together.