Sunshine Cleaning review

I had a hard time coming across a review I actually liked and understood (I didn't want to bash a writer's review, go figure). A lot of them I read had larger words, that to be honest, I just didn't know what they meant. The reviews I read were also so technical with plots and subplots I got lost midway through.

So I settled on a review I actually read all the way through and at the end I wasn't asking, 'what the hell did that mean?' The review is from the Miami Herald and it was written by Connie Ogle. The movie of choice? Sunshine Cleaning.

Sunshine Cleaning was not a movie I planned on seeing because the previews for it didn't look all that great. However, after reading the review, I might actually see this. The writer does a great job of 'dumbing down' her review to the average reader. You don't have to be a movie buff, or even watch movies at all, to understand her writing. Her style of writing was very easy to follow.

The movie is about two sisters who work together at a biohazard removal company after one of the sisters' kids is kicked out of public school. The one sister must work at this job (it pays big money) so she can send her kid to a private school.

I've heard that gross, gory stuff sells and this review sold me. It didn't hold back on the gory details of the biohazard removal job ('lugging a blood and/or body fluid-soaked mattress around by yourself is no picnic'). However, it did not overload me and make me say, 'eww thats gross.' It was just the right amount of gross.

The review also didn't reveal the whole plot, which I really liked. It gave just enough plot away to get me hooked and then left me hanging. Now, in order to find out what happens, I have to go see the movie. This, I believe, is the job of a reviewer-to get you to see/read/experience what they are reviewing.