General Information

Role: Rose Lorkowski
Directed by: Christine Jeffs
Tagline: Life’s a messy business.
Theatrical Release: March 13, 2009 – (US)
DVD Release: August 25, 2009 – (US)
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R

Financially on shaky ground yet determined to send her son to a top private school, Rose Lorkowski teams up with her unreliable sister, Norah, to start a new company that specializes in biohazard removal and crime scene cleanup. Tired of doing all of the work for other people, whether in her job cleaning homes or in her failed relationships, Rose is finally ready to use her entrepreneurial spirit to tidy up her own life.

Amy’s Role

Amy plays Rose Lorkowski, a single mom trying to make ends meet. In order to raise enough money to send her son to a private school she starts her own crime scene cleanup business with her slightly flaky younger sister Norah. As they struggle with learning the ropes of the job, they both learn how to deal with the of their mother when they were children and how to finally become independent – from each other and from the messes in their lives.

Amy’s performance is honest, and simple – something she excels at. She plays Rose with just the right combination of insecurity and confidence. This is one of my favorite Amy roles, and movie.

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Other Cast

• Emily Blunt
• Alan Arkin

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Fun Facts

• The filmmakers have said in interviews their story is based on a 2001 National Public Radio “All Things Considered” report about two women in the Seattle suburbs who started a biohazard removal/cleaning service. They are best friends, not sisters.

• Amy and her co-star Emily Blunt are still really good friends.

• Amy Adams played the girlfriend of John Krasinski’s character Jim Halpert on The Office during parts of the first and second seasons. Emily Blunt is Krasinski’s girlfriend in real life.

• Filmed in 2007, Sunshine Cleaning took over a year from its debut at the 2008 Sundance Festival to reach theaters.

Quoting Amy

• “I was really fascinated with the sister dynamic.” – on what drew her to the script

• “It’s that wanting to be more than you are, wanting to improve yourself – I think a lot of people can relate to that.”

Character Quotes

• “Great. Now we’re going to have to clean that up too.”

• “We took all that stuff away and we made it better.”

• “There’s not a lot that I’m good at. I’m good at getting guys to want me – not date me or marry me – but want me.”

• “Um, we come into people’s lives when they have experienced something profound – and sad. And they’ve lost somebody, you know? And um, the circumstances, they’re always different. But that’s the same. And we help. In some small way we, um, we help.”

• “Norah ruined everything. She burned down a house. A house! She burned down a client’s house. How do you get around that?”

• “I told you I was going to be there. You couldn’t just wait… to burn the house down?”

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