Best Movies about Washing someone

Movies about Washing someone

«Sunshine Cleaning» is a little too sunny for its material. Its heroine, Rose, is a single mom in desperate need of income, trapped in a one-way affair with her high-school beau, who fathered her son but married someone else. Her son is always in trouble at school. Her sister, Norah, is a hard-living goofball. Then Rose starts a new business cleaning up messy crime scenes.

Does this sound sunny to you? The material might have promise as a black comedy, but its attempt to put on a smiling face is unconvincing. That despite the work by Amy Adams as Rose and Emily Blunt as Norah, two effortless charmers who would be terrific playing these characters in a different movie. And Alan Arkin is back, and engaging, in what is coming dangerously close to «the Alan Arkin role.» He’s their father, Joe, forever hatching get-poor-quick schemes.

Rose is a good mom. She understands her 7-year-old son, Oscar (Jason Spevack), who is not really troubled but simply high-spirited. I wonder how many little boys are accused of misbehaving simply because they are — boys. Why does she still sleep with Mac, the faithless high-school quarterback (Steve Zahn) who seduced and abandoned her? She asks herself the same question.

It’s Mac who tips her off on a possible business. He’s a cop and notices that people get paid well for mopping up after gruesome murders. So is born Rose and Norah’s Sunshine Cleaning, which will clean up the rugs and scrape the brains off the wall, etc. This job by its nature allows them to witness the aftermath of lives unexpectedly interrupted; an ID in a dead woman’s purse leads them to make an awkward acquaintance.

This is promising material. Gene Siskel loved movies about what people actually do all day. There is even a documentary subject here. But not this film that compromises on everything it implies, because it wants to be cheerful about people who don’t have much to be cheerful about. How can you make a feel-good movie about murder-scene clean-ups? «Life’s a messy business,» the poster says. Yes, and death is messier.

At times, the movie works, but those are the times it (and even we) forget what it’s really about. If you could plot it on a curve, it might look like a cross-section of a roller coaster. The poster also evokes «Little Miss Sunshine,» by the same producers, also with Arkin, and the presence of Adams evokes the sublime «Junebug.» Those two movies had more consistent tones and although based on contrivance, felt more natural.

One element does work, and it’s off to the side, apart from the rest of the plot. It involves Winston (Clifton Collins Jr.), a one-armed hardware store owner, who baby-sits Oscar in an emergency and provides an oasis of warmth and common sense. You may recall him as Perry in «Capote» (2005). An actor like this works a lot but doesn’t always get ideal roles. Now he’s beginning to emerge, with seven more films in post-production.

You won’t have a bad time seeing this film. You may get a little frustrated waiting for it to take off. It keeps heading down different runways. There’s a movie here somewhere. Not this one.

The 10 Best Denzel Washington Movies

Carrying around the label of America’s greatest living actor must be quite a tricky thing to have to do. You’re going about your business, trying to pick interesting projects, keeping yourself challenged. But people watch you and your acting, and want to know you, what makes you tick, how it feels to be one of America’s greatest living actors. Denzel Washington has managed to handle that mantle with grace, and while maintaining a very old-school kind of movie star mystique.

Washington’s endless charisma and ability to be both engagingly ironic and deeply sincere run through his most formative roles, along with a sense of conscience and responsibility – which he’s kicked against from time to time, too. Whichever way he pushes, he’s been malleable enough to find more gold.

With Washington’s latest cinematic outing Ekvalizér 3 showing on big screens now, and the actor saying goodbye to legendary action hero Robert McCall, Říše is looking back at his pioneering career, picking out the ten very best movies from a lifetime of great, important filmmaking. Read the official list now:

10) Fences (2016)

Proving that he has many sides to his talent, Washington launched his career in the theatre, and one of his most acclaimed roles was in the first Broadway revival of August Wilson’s quietly powerful drama in 2010. Washington, crackling with low-key desperation and perfectly cast opposite Viola Davis, is Troy, a 50-something working class Pittsburgh native struggling to make ends meet for his family. Such was the actor’s connection to the material that the theatrical version scored him a Tony (the play took Best Revival of a Play and Davis Best Actress in a Play). It was a no-brainer, then, for him to direct and star in the film version, with Davis, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby and Stephen McKinley Henderson all reprising their roles. Washington brings real power both in front of and behind the camera, and the result scored four Oscar nominations (and a win for Davis). He’s directed some solid movies, but Ploty may be his crowning achievement so far on that front.

9) American Gangster (2007)

It has been something of an unwritten rule (so, now we’re writing it) that a combination of Denzel Washington and one of the Scott brothers leads to great things. He worked with Tony several times, but his first gig for Ridley tapped his dramatic side more than his action man ability. As Frank Lucas – the swaggering, charismatic criminal, loosely based on the real-life Lucas – he’s fantastic, clawing his way up the ranks and rising to a position of real power. You don’t often see Washington playing truly villainous people, but he fully embraces Lucas’ dark side while also keeping him a watchable blend of charm and cunning. Surrounded by the likes of Russell Crowe, John Hawkes, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Josh Brolin, it’s a little shocking that he didn’t at least score an Oscar nomination for the role. And now, we’re eagerly anticipating his reunion with Scott for the Gladiátor pokračování.

8) Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)

Until he equalized for a second time, Denzel Washington had never made a sequel in his long and illustrious career. But in a fair and just world, we would be drowning in follow-ups to Ďábel V Modrých šatech, the glorious post-WWII noir that saw Washington play Walter Mosley’s rogueish private dick, Easy Rawlins – who becomes embroiled in a missing persons case that soon becomes clogged with a conspiracy going all the way to the top, and corpses going all the way to the bottom. Washington is as smooth and compelling as always, giving Easy a, well, easy charm and underdog spirit. But he’s also unselfish enough as a performer to cede the spotlight to Don Cheadle, whose terrifying, hilarious and unpredictable turn as Easy’s psycho chum, Mouse, put him firmly on the Hollywood radar. The scene where Easy tries to deal with a drunk and volatile Mouse is an all-timer. Beautifully directed by Franklin (who also wrote), it’s finally getting the recognition it deserves, just a couple of decades late.

7) Glory (1989)

This 1989 drama, about the first all-Black volunteer company in the US Army, is terrific – with an ensemble cast boasting Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher and Matthew Broderick. Yet amidst all the heavyweight performances and bravura battle sequences, the scene for which it is best known is an extended close-up of Denzel Washington’s face, as his escaped-slave character Trip is brutally flogged for disobeying an order. Not saying a word, Trip just locks eyes with his captain (Broderick), his fierce, unflinching gaze speaking volumes. Finally, one single tear trickles down from his right eye. It’s an astonishingly powerful image that is impossible to forget, and just one element of a performance that established the 34-year-old Washington as a powerhouse actor: the idea to have Trip’s back covered in horrific scars came from him, after seeing an old photograph of a similarly disfigured slave. Rightly, he picked up the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

6) He Got Game (1998)

One of many Spike Lee joints across Washington’s career, Dostal hru twists that played out old sports movie idea – a character has to win to redeem themselves – by casting the actor as a father who’s already been judged a lost cause, but who needs sport to redeem his son. Jake Shuttlesworth is in prison for the accidental death of his wife, but he’s been let out for a week by a governor to try to persuade his basketball starlet son to play for the governor’s old college. His son, though, is less than pleased to see his old man. It’s a carefully paced and meditative movie, built around a role which gives Washington a lot to get his teeth into, and he plays Jake with a subtlety and restraint.

5) Inside Man (2006)

Denzel, plus heist movie, to the power of Spike Lee. Washington is Detective Keith Frazier, a New York cop trying to catch up with a band of thieves who always seem to be three, four or five steps ahead of him. They’ve taken control of a bank in Manhattan, and everyone inside is a hostage. Everything Frazier tries seems to backfire; the robbers seem to be trolling him. Lee plays this thriller straighter than usual, and Washington pulled from his recent run as Brutus in Julius Caesar on Broadway in Frazier’s pained nobility. “I kind of thought of Frazier as Brutus goes to Brooklyn,” he explained. This is a superior thriller with a twist which turns the moral stakes on their head. “Respect,” Clive Owen’s ringleader Dalton Russell points out, “is the ultimate currency.”

4) Man On Fire (2004)

Part of what makes Washington so watchable is that no matter how wayward, how compromised, or how Pyrrhic his characters’ victories end up being, you always get a sense of a deep, profound moral centre in there somewhere which has become obscured. Tony Scott’s Muž v plamenech is a good example: former CIA guy John Creasy is now a miserable, alcoholic mercenary who hits rock bottom, but finds new purpose in keeping his boss’s young daughter Pita (Dakota Fanning, with whom he reunites on screen in Ekvalizér 3) safe from kidnappers. Soon, though, dark forces capture her, and Creasy’s got to get Pita back. Muž v plamenech is a quite extravagantly bloody movie – especially the second half – and Creasy’s determination to protect the youngster becomes wilder and wilder. And by that, we are obviously referring to the fact he kills someone by sticking a bomb up their bum.

3) Malcolm X (1992)

Spike Lee’s epic biopic of the civil rights leader was his first collab with Washington, and by the time it arrived in 1992, it had taken a quarter of a century to come together. James Baldwin first worked on a script in the late ‘60s; later he said he’d “rather be horse-whipped” than do it again. Norman Jewison, a white director, had been on board, but Lee led calls for a Black director. Even more protests and criticism swirled, but in the end there was no arguing about Washington’s powerhouse central performance: less a picture of one man than of three or four, as Malcolm X evolves from light-fingered teenager to spiritual leader. Al Pacino took the Best Actor Oscar, to widespread disbelief. “I’m not the only one who thinks Denzel was robbed on that one,” Lee reflected later.

2) Crimson Tide (1995)

The start of a fruitful collaboration between Washington and director Tony Scott, Crimson Tide sends the actor out to sea (or under it) as the freshly-promoted executive officer of a nuclear submarine. It’s not every performer who can go toe to toe with Gene Hackman, but Washington was more than up to the task as level-headed Lieutenant Commander Ron Hunter, who nevertheless angrily clashes with Captain Franklin Ramsey when Russian ultra-nationalists threaten to lob missiles at the States and Japan. It’s a slow-burn of a performance from Washington, who buttons down his natural charisma, letting it show through only occasionally as the two men jockey for command of the vessel and lives are risked. Infamously, he fought more with Quentin Tarantino, deeming some of the filmmaker’s script additions to be racist – though the two buried the hatchet some years later.

1) Training Day (2001)

One recurring theme in Washington’s parts is authority figures who are so prepared to beat the bad guys that they’re willing to go as far beyond the bounds as their quarry. Detective Alonzo Harris is perhaps the most extreme example: within the first few minutes of Antoine Fuqua’s thriller, he’s forced his junior partner Jake (Ethan Hawke) to smoke weed at gunpoint, then revealed it’s actually laced with PCP. He’s not a good dude. Over 24 hours Alonzo and Jake go deeper and deeper into a deeply corrupt Los Angeles while Alonzo attempts to outrun bad decisions from his own past. Loose and energetic, Tréninkový den is a platform for Washington’s most out-of-control, unpredictable performance yet, and he has enormous fun with it. Boom!

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12 TV Shows and Movies That Will Help You Get Into the Spring Cleaning Spirit: ‘Fixer Upper,’ ‘Monk’ and More

Clean up on aisle seven! Spring is the season for fresh flowers, Easter candy and, of course, cleaning.

Spring is a time for rebirth and resetting, which is where the term spring cleaning comes in. While you prepare to reorganize your kitchen drawers and finally go through your unworn clothes at the back of the closet, Us Weekly has rounded up the best TV shows and films that scream cleanliness.

Vzít Přátelé’ Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), for example. The chef is the master of her domain and never allows any corner of her purple apartment to get dirty. In fact, she has gone as far as to wear a wedding dress to clean her kitchen, in order to feel a little fancy for an otherwise mundane task.

Monica’s organizing system for her linen closet — there are fancy, everyday use, fancy guest and guest towels — is reason enough to rewatch the NBC comedy and start purging your junk drawer.

Before you take the deep cleaning plunge, however, Joanna Gaines has a few tips to get you in the right headspace. The designer revealed in her “Spring Cleaning” blog that she puts on her “cleaning apron, lights a candle, turns on a good playlist and sets out all the cleaning supplies I’ll need for the day” before starting to scrub. “This prepares me for the work to come and makes my job easier knowing everything I need is in one spot,” she wrote in April 2018.

The Magnolia Market co-owner insists that “your whole family will feel the benefits of rooms and spaces that can breathe,” which is why she gets five trash bags out and fills them with clothes her kids have outgrown before she really goes into a full-on cleanse.

“If you don’t love it, toss it,” she added. “Trash anything that is broken and serves no purpose and donate items to local shelters and you’ll feel much better before you even start.”

Marie Kondo lives by a similar “spark joy” motto, telling her viewers that if something doesn’t spark joy, you should pitch it! The queen of clean has a lot of other tricks for making one’s home feel refreshed on her reality series, Úklid s Marií Kondo.

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If humor and sleuthing help you get through your big projects, Táta v sukni or Mnich are great choices to watch in the background as cleaning commences.

Scroll down to see all of Us Weekly’s picks for TV shows and movies that embody the spring cleaning spirit.

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12 TV Shows and Movies That Will Help You Get Into the Spring Cleaning Spirit: ‘Fixer Upper,’ ‘Monk’ and More

Clean up on aisle seven! Spring is the season for fresh flowers, Easter candy and, of course, cleaning. Spring is a time for rebirth and resetting, which is where the term spring cleaning comes in. While you prepare to reorganize your kitchen drawers and finally go through your unworn clothes at the back of the closet, Us Weekly has rounded up the best TV shows and films that scream cleanliness. Take Přátelé’ Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), for example. The chef is the master of her domain and never allows any corner of her purple apartment to get dirty. In fact, she has gone as far as to wear a wedding dress to clean her kitchen, in order to feel a little fancy for an otherwise mundane task. Monica’s organizing system for her linen closet — there are fancy, everyday use, fancy guest and guest towels — is reason enough to rewatch the NBC comedy and start purging your junk drawer. Home makeover shows, including Fixer Upper, Domů Upravit a Obchodní prostory, are easy viewing picks while making your own space feel fresh and new. Before you take the deep cleaning plunge, however, Joanna Gaines has a few tips to get you in the right headspace. The designer revealed in her “Spring Cleaning” blog that she puts on her “cleaning apron, lights a candle, turns on a good playlist and sets out all the cleaning supplies I’ll need for the day” before starting to scrub. “This prepares me for the work to come and makes my job easier knowing everything I need is in one spot,” she wrote in April 2018. [sendtonews type=»float» key=»Zd2FQr5xo1-3115706-14453″] The Magnolia Market co-owner insists that “your whole family will feel the benefits of rooms and spaces that can breathe,” which is why she gets five trash bags out and fills them with clothes her kids have outgrown before she really goes into a full-on cleanse. “If you don’t love it, toss it,” she added. “Trash anything that is broken and serves no purpose and donate items to local shelters and you’ll feel much better before you even start.” Marie Kondo lives by a similar “spark joy” motto, telling her viewers that if something doesn’t spark joy, you should pitch it! The queen of clean has a lot of other tricks for making one’s home feel refreshed on her reality series, Úklid s Marií Kondo. If humor and sleuthing help you get through your big projects, Táta v sukni or Mnich are great choices to watch in the background as cleaning commences. Scroll down to see all of Us Weekly’s picks for TV shows and movies that embody the spring cleaning spirit. [podcast_block]

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12 TV Shows and Movies That Will Help You Get Into the Spring Cleaning Spirit: ‘Fixer Upper,’ ‘Monk’ and More

Clean up on aisle seven! Spring is the season for fresh flowers, Easter candy and, of course, cleaning. Spring is a time for rebirth and resetting, which is where the term spring cleaning comes in. While you prepare to reorganize your kitchen drawers and finally go through your unworn clothes at the back of the closet, Us Weekly has rounded up the best TV shows and films that scream cleanliness. Take Přátelé’ Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), for example. The chef is the master of her domain and never allows any corner of her purple apartment to get dirty. In fact, she has gone as far as to wear a wedding dress to clean her kitchen, in order to feel a little fancy for an otherwise mundane task. Monica’s organizing system for her linen closet — there are fancy, everyday use, fancy guest and guest towels — is reason enough to rewatch the NBC comedy and start purging your junk drawer. Home makeover shows, including Fixer Upper, Domů Upravit a Obchodní prostory, are easy viewing picks while making your own space feel fresh and new. Before you take the deep cleaning plunge, however, Joanna Gaines has a few tips to get you in the right headspace. The designer revealed in her “Spring Cleaning” blog that she puts on her “cleaning apron, lights a candle, turns on a good playlist and sets out all the cleaning supplies I’ll need for the day” before starting to scrub. “This prepares me for the work to come and makes my job easier knowing everything I need is in one spot,” she wrote in April 2018. [sendtonews type=»float» key=»Zd2FQr5xo1-3115706-14453″] The Magnolia Market co-owner insists that “your whole family will feel the benefits of rooms and spaces that can breathe,” which is why she gets five trash bags out and fills them with clothes her kids have outgrown before she really goes into a full-on cleanse. “If you don’t love it, toss it,” she added. “Trash anything that is broken and serves no purpose and donate items to local shelters and you’ll feel much better before you even start.” Marie Kondo lives by a similar “spark joy” motto, telling her viewers that if something doesn’t spark joy, you should pitch it! The queen of clean has a lot of other tricks for making one’s home feel refreshed on her reality series, Úklid s Marií Kondo. If humor and sleuthing help you get through your big projects, Táta v sukni or Mnich are great choices to watch in the background as cleaning commences. Scroll down to see all of Us Weekly’s picks for TV shows and movies that embody the spring cleaning spirit. [podcast_block]

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Fixer Upper

Whether you’re a fan of shiplap or just tune in for Joanna and Zisk čipu’ banter, HGTV’s Fixer Upper is a good show to watch as you get your own house in order. Jo’s design inspiration is always worth listening to, while Chip’s love of demolition is something cleaners hope to embody when cutting clutter from a basement or an overstocked pantry. New epsiodes are now on Discovery+.

Přátelé

Monica Geller (Cox) is the ultimate clean freak on NBC’s Přátelé, dedicated to making her New York apartment spotless at all times. Her work ethic, label making skills and ability to make Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) less of a slob is admirable. Pair her neurotic cleaning with her brother Ross’ (David Schwimmer) need for rules and order and you’ve got the go-to spring cleaning team to look up to.

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Úklid s Marií Kondo

Tidying up is in Marie Kondo’s DNA. Her hit Netflix series has given life to fans who live by the “spark joy” motto and aren’t afraid to declutter. Watching the show from start to finish will give you the push you need to purge your unworn clothes or finally pitch the extra Tupperware in your kitchen.

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Mnich

The quirky cleaner! Leave it to Mr. Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) to make detective work look easy and tidy. No matter what crime Monk is trying to solve on the USA Network series he manages to make every room he enters more sanitary … even if his antics are a little over the top.

Skvělá britská pekařská show

This cooking show, which is availabel to stream on Netflix, is pure joy and the ideal distraction for someone needing a break from all their house cleaning. Sure, you’ll probably make a mess in the kitchen while trying to bake one of the delicious British treats, but you will also have a reward to eat once you’re done reorganizing your bookstack.

Hoarders

Hoarders is the ultimate inspiration when it comes to what not to do with one’s home. Watching this A&E reality show will give you the push you need to rid your space of clutter — or let go of the piles of newspaper you may have stacked up around the house. Plus, it often makes viewers feel a little better about their dirty house, since it can’t be as bad as the ones on TV.

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Sluneční čištění

Emily Blunt a Amy Adams play sisters who are down on their luck in this 2008 film. In order to make money they start a crime scene clean-up business that turns out to be successful. Plus, it’s the perfect movie to watch in between emptying out your junk drawers.

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Queer Eye

The inspiring stories covered on the Netflix series might bring tears to your eyes, but the makeover portion of the show is fuel for an at-home change as well. As the Fab Five bring their expertise — wardrobe, grooming diet, cultural pursuits and home décor — to the lucky recipients in each episode, fans get a look at how they too can start over this season.

Táta v sukni

Mrs. Doubtfire, the hip old granny who is actually Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) in disguise, uses wit and humor to get his kids to clean the house, do their homework and mind their mother (Sally Field). It’s the inspirational comedy viewers never knew they needed while cleaning the kitchen. Oh, and Williams’ dinosaur raps and nanny dance moves don’t hurt the cause.

Hlavní město

Počínaje rokem 2016, Ben a Erin Napier have brought happiness to home buyers in the south — mostly Mississippi — through their bright, bold and heartwarming renovations. If you’re in need of a feel-good show to stream while redoing your indoor garden or living space, HGTV’s Domů Upravit je správná volba.

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Krásná pokojská

Jennifer Lopez’s Marisa Ventura gives all housekeepers hope that they will leave behind dirty jobs and find love with the rich and famous. As you’re vacuuming and scrubbing floors, remember that Marisa started as a maid and ended up falling for a politician (Ralph Fiennes), so anything can happen!

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Obchodní prostory

As the original TLC home makeover show, Obchodní prostory, is must-watch TV. Since its 2018 return, the series has shown realistic and achievable changes that can work in any home. The budget-friendly approach to home renovation is a breath of fresh air, but the real reason to watch is to see how the neighbors rework their friends’ space each week.

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