Review of Sunshine Cleaning (2008) by Bob O — 18 Jun 2011

This film was perfectly crazy, dark, funny and wise. I want to meet (or, maybe, have met) each of the main characters.

This review of Sunshine Cleaning (2008) was written by Bob O on 18 Jun 2011.

Sunshine Cleaning has generally received positive reviews.

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