Once the head cheerleader and girlfriend to the high-school quarterback, Rose is a single mum, a maid for hire and mistress to that same football player, Mac (Steve Zahn), who's now a cop. It’s on his recommendation that Rose pursues her own business – cleaning up after crime and suicide scenes.

“Pleasant” can be as unkind a critical word as “cute,” but Sunshine Cleaning is nothing more than pleasant – a low-energy look at a pair of sisters struggling with their past while forging their future.

Much like Little Miss Sunshine this does have a quirky indie flick by numbers feel to it. However, the cast – led by Amy Adams, Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin – establishes a vibrantly odd family bond that sustains Sunshine through its dimmer portions.