A single mum and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their

lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy, starring amongst others, the

great Alan Arkin.

Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose

Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a 30-something single mother working as

a maid.

Her sister, Norah (Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad, Joe

(Alan Arkin), a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick

schemes.

Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to join

her in a specialist crime scene cleaning-up business.

In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other

messy situations.

As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find new respect for

one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms.

Directed by Christine Jeffs (who also directed the equally pleasant Rain and

Sylvia), this satisfactory film about a dysfunctional family manages to be both

quirky and predictable.

Rating: 3/5