Last night I went to see Sunshine Cleaning at the Esquire. I have been looking forward to this for quite some time because I love Amy Adams. Enchanted and Doubt were fantastic and I was looking forward to seeing her in an indie movie role. Unfortunatly, I was rather disappointed. They left quite a few loose ends in the movie and sometimes depressing reality works (Juno etc.) and you come out with a positive end. This movie was just completely depressing. The “happy ending” happened really quickly and then the movie was over. There was no chance to be happy at the success of the main characters.
Likes & Dislikes:
+The plot was good up until the climax.
+I liked the sisterly bond and the family interaction.
-Sometimes the dialogue didn’t make sense until you learned more about the characters.
-The child was adorable but a terrible actor.
-The CB Radio part of the story didn’t make any sense.
-Too many loose ends: I really wanted to see Amy’s character go out with a nice guy, I don’t understand why the fannie pack sub-story had so much weight and then didn’t amount to anything, and what the hell was going on with the one armed guy? Did he really add anything that the main characters couldn’t have done themselves?