Sunshine Cleaning takes a while to get going and in the end, seems more like a made for TV movie. It’s a family movie, a family with a few issues. Only thing is, the issues aren’t that big and are settled too easily – there’s no real conflict. Like when the lead breaks off her long time affair with a married man. She tells him that its over, he pauses a moment, then walks off. That’s it. Issue solved.
But probably the most annoying is all the loose ends. Subplots are begun but never finished. When the movie ends you’re left wondering, especially because you could care less about the leads story – it was never big enough to care about.